Catastrophe and Plague

Catastrophe

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

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

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Plague noun - Any large-scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God).

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Catastrophe and plague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Plague".

Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

similar	similar catastrophe	similar plague
natural	natural catastrophe	natural plague
nasty	nasty catastrophe	nasty plague
actual	actual catastrophe	actual plague
Other adjectives: massive, big, terrible, horrible, supernatural, major, fatal, mysterious, unknown, apocalyptic, said, recent, prior, cosmic, sudden, magical, nuclear, devastating, global, worldwide, metaphorical.

Cozy Catastrophe: The survivors of the plague have had ninety years to recover, but they're still surprisingly healthy, well fed, and optimistic about life.

Source: Webcomic / Stand Still, Stay Silent
In the Dragaera novels, the loss of the Orb in Adron's Disaster caused the Dragaeran Empire to collapse into anarchy, its government shattered and its populace ravaged by plague, invasion, and catastrophe.

Source: Terminally Dependent Society
In the mid-1990s action-RPG Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall, the hero is trying to protect survivors of recent magical catastrophe from (more or less sentient) giant insects that went out of control.

Source: And Then John Was a Zombie

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