Catastrophe and Occasion

Catastrophe

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

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

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Occasion noun - A particular point at which an event takes place.

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Catastrophe and occasion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Occasion".

Nearby Words: occasional, occasionally, occasioned, occasioning, occasionalism

similar	similar catastrophe	similar occasion
natural	natural catastrophe	natural occasion
public	public catastrophe	public occasion
future	future catastrophe	future occasion
Other adjectives: great, possible, recent, earlier, prior, upcoming.

On more than one occasion, the Teague brothers end up arguing about what story they should put in the paper to explain the most recent catastrophe, as they apparently have a handful of stock excuses that they cycle between in order to keep the newspaper interesting.

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