Catastrophe and Sacrifice

Catastrophe

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

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

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Sacrifice noun - Something offered to a god.

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Catastrophe and sacrifice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Sacrifice".

actual	actual catastrophe	actual sacrifice
entire	entire catastrophe	entire sacrifice
massive	massive catastrophe	massive sacrifice
big	big catastrophe	big sacrifice
Other adjectives: great, huge, tragic, potential, occasional, earlier, aforementioned.

Heroic Sacrifice: Class Zero undertakes one to end the catastrophe over Orience.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy Type-0
Zexion, who is already canonically an orphan, is forced to impregnate his thirteen year old lover, who didn't even know what sex was until that catastrophe, is forced to watch her almost die due to the impregnation, and performs a Heroic Sacrifice in her name.

Source: Dysfunction Junction
Heroic Sacrifice: During the Great Catastrophe, Lord Kroak's Temple Guard stood on the bridge outside his temple for 2 and a half days while the hordes of Chaos slowly beat them into the ground and took them down, but they survived long enough for Kroak to unleash a spell reserved for the gods.

Source: Tabletop Game / Warhammer

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