They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.
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Calamities
Synonyms for "calamities" (15 found)
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Noun(7 words)
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12 entriesbanking crisisearthquakeeconomic ruinfinancial collapsefloodhousehold crisishurricanemarket crashpersonal disasterplaguepolicy failurereputation damage
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6 entrieseconomic calamitiesglobal calamitieshuman caused calamitiesmajor calamitiesnatural calamitiespolitical calamities
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Serious calamities struck him his whole life.
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"Do you think about the future?" "Yeah, I like futurology." "What do you think of the future of humanity?" "Well, if we survive major calamities, the future may be postbiological. But, that scenario may be a catastrophe for us organics."
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A person of noble character neither trembles in the face of calamities nor elates when blessings are chanced upon.
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