Catastrophe and Poison

Catastrophe

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

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

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Poison noun - A substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing.

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Catastrophe and poison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Poison".

Nearby Words: poisonous, poisoned, poisoning, poisoner

similar	similar catastrophe	similar poison
natural	natural catastrophe	natural poison
nasty	nasty catastrophe	nasty poison
actual	actual catastrophe	actual poison
Other adjectives: new, fatal, mysterious, unknown, resulting, magical.

The Tenth, in "The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky", corrects someone on their misuse of a 'conditional clause' mainly to irritate the Insufferable Genius who was largely responsible for the catastrophe.

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