Word Meaning

catastrophe definition and meaning

n. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
n. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
n. A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.

Crossword clues for catastrophe

- A debacle
- A disaster
- Calamity
- Cataclysm
- Disaster
- Disastrous event
- Disastrous event means carpet has to be replaced
- Tom has a razor sharpener and he causes major disaster!
- Tom joins a foreign sport and he finds misfortune
- Tragedy
- Tragic event