Catastrophe
Catastrophe noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.
Extinction and catastrophe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extinction" instead a noun "Catastrophe".
Nearby Word: catastrophic
Extinction
Extinction noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.
Catastrophe and extinction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Extinction".
Nearby Word: extinct
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- holocaust and catastrophe
- holocaust and extinction
- defeat and catastrophe
- defeat and extinction
- doom and catastrophe
- doom and extinction
- end and catastrophe
- end and extinction
- death and catastrophe
- death and extinction
- havoc and catastrophe
- havoc and extinction
- destruction and catastrophe
- destruction and extinction
How words are described
| similar | similar catastrophe | similar extinction |
| natural | natural catastrophe | natural extinction |
| utter | utter catastrophe | utter extinction |
| actual | actual catastrophe | actual extinction |
| Other adjectives: entire, massive, great, bad, potential, gradual, major, planetary, possible, mysterious, inevitable, impending, imminent, greatest, coming, wide, recent, sudden, devastating, global, aforementioned, worldwide. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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This means that what was previously a Class 1 catastrophe has a very real possibility of developing into a Class 3 (human extinction), given that there is only a single woman for every thousand men.
Source: Video Game / BattleTanx -
Anyone Can Die Apocalypse How: Depending on how far the mist traveled across the world, the novella and movie both depict an awful regional catastrophe, at least, and possibly anything ranging from a biosphere extinction to the complete annihilation of the fabric of the Universe.
Source: Literature / The Mist -
Black and Gray Morality: Paul slaughters billions under the godhead of the Madhinate, and his son Leto II is the greatest tyrant in history; yet both claimed their actions were necessary to avoid an even greater catastrophe — the complete and total extinction of humanity.
Source: Literature / Heretics of Dune
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