catastrophe

• "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
• "the earthquake was a disaster"

Synonyms

• calamityan event resulting in great loss and misfortune
• disastera state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; an act that has disastrous consequences
• tragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortune; drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance
• cataclysma sudden violent change in the earth's surface ; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"
• "his policies were a disaster"

Synonyms

• disastera state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; an act that has disastrous consequences

Synonyms

• cataclysma sudden violent change in the earth's surface ; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune