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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catastrophe /kəˈtastrəfi/
▶noun
- 1 an event causing great damage or suffering.
- 2 the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.
– origin C16: from L. catastropha, from Gk katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn’.
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