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   ca·tas·tro·phe

   /kəˈtastrəfē/

   noun

   • 1. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "a national economic catastrophe"
   • ▪ the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘denouement’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn’, from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’ (from strephein ‘to turn’).

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