Catastrophe and Need

Catastrophe

Catastrophe noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.

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Need and catastrophe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Catastrophe".

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Catastrophe and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

natural	natural catastrophe	natural need
current	current catastrophe	current need
deep	deep catastrophe	deep need
actual	actual catastrophe	actual need
Other adjectives: big, great, huge, bad, absolute, new, immediate, national, possible, greater, greatest, occasional, sudden, magical, biological.

Sure enough, she has need of the signal for "catastrophe, situation helpless, do not attempt rescue" in the next book.

Source: Literature / Heralds of Valdemar
All I need is some horseradish and some curry and — Cosy Catastrophe: Deconstructed.

Source: Fanfic / Ghosts Of Evangelion
His goal in that episode is to convince the cutelings to move to a planet named Ploopiter and he's not responsible for the catastrophe that made them need to move from their home planet in the first place.

Source: Western Animation / Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

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