n. 1 disaster, calamity, cataclysm The eruption of Vesuvius was one of the major catastrophes in recorded history 2 misfortune, bad luck, shock, blow, tragedy, disaster; mishap, mischance, misadventure, accident, fiasco, failure Cook reported a catastrophe with the layer cake
CATASTROPHE
Meaning of CATASTROPHE in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012