Few passengers survived the catastrophe.
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Catastrophe
//kəˈtæstɹəfi//
Synonyms for "catastrophe" (196 found)
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Strong matches (58)
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Noun(4 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
195 translations across 73 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- fatkeqësi noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofë noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καταστροφή noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Arabic
4 entries- آفَة noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- فَاجِعَة noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- فَاجِعَة noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- كَارِثَة noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Armenian
1 entries- աղետ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- faciə noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- fəlakət noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- müsibət noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Belarusian
1 entries- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Bengali
2 entries- আফত noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- দুর্যোগ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бе́дствие noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастрофа noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- катастрофа noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
Burmese
1 entries- ဘေးဆိုး noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Catalan
2 entries- catàstrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catàstrofe noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 災害 /灾害 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災殃 /灾殃 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災禍 /灾祸 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災難 /灾难 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 災害 /灾害 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災殃 /灾殃 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災禍 /灾祸 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災難 /灾难 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Czech
4 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofa noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- katastrofa noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- katastrofa noun (mathematics: type of bifurcation)
Danish
2 entries- katastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Dutch
3 entries- catastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- onheil noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ramp noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Esperanto
1 entries- katastrofo noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Estonian
2 entries- katastroof noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- õnnetus noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Finnish
4 entries- katastrofi noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofi noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- katastrofi noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- katastrofi noun (mathematics: type of bifurcation)
French
1 entries- catastrophe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Galician
1 entries- catástrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Georgian
2 entries- კატასტროფა noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- კატასტროფა noun (disaster beyond expectations)
German
4 entries- Katastrophe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- Katastrophe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- Katastrophe noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- Unglück noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Greek
4 entries- έκβαση noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- καταστροφή noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- καταστροφή noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- όλεθρος noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- katastwòf noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָסוֹן noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- קָטַסְטְרוֹפָה noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Hindi
4 entries- आपदा noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- आफ़त noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- तबाही noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- मुसीबत noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Hungarian
2 entries- katasztrófa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- szerencsétlenség noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Icelandic
1 entries- katastrófa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Ido
1 entries- katastrofo noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Indonesian
4 entries- bencana noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- katastrofe noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
Irish
4 entries- anachain noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catastróf noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- eirleach noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- matalang noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Italian
4 entries- catastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catastrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- catastrofe noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
- catastrofe noun (mathematics: type of bifurcation)
Japanese
4 entries- 大災害 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災害 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災殃 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 災難 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Kazakh
3 entries- алапат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- апат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- қирау noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Khmer
4 entries- ភយន្តរាយ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ភយូបទ្រព noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- មហន្តរាយ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ហាយនៈ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Korean
3 entries- 재난 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 재앙 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- 재해 noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- апаат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастрофа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- кыйроо noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Lao
2 entries- ພິບັດ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ໄພພິບັດ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Latin
1 entries- calamitās noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Latvian
2 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- nelaime noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Lithuanian
2 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- nelaimė noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Macedonian
1 entries- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Malay
1 entries- bencana noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Mongolian
4 entries- аваар noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- аюул noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- гамшиг noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- осол noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- felaket noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- karesat noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- mûsîbet noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- katastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- katastrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Occitan
1 entries- catastròfa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- غول noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Pashto
3 entries- آفت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- فاجعه noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- مصيبت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Persian
4 entries- آفَت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- فاجِعِه noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- فاجِعِه noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- فَجایِع noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Polish
1 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Portuguese
2 entries- catástrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catástrofe noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Romanian
4 entries- catastrofă noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catastrofă noun (disaster beyond expectations)
- dezastru noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- deznodământ noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
Russian
3 entries- бе́дствие noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастро́фа noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- katastrófa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ව්යසන noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Slovak
1 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Slovene
1 entries- katastrofa noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Spanish
2 entries- catástrofe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- catástrofe noun (Ancient Greek tragedies: the solution of the plot)
Swedish
2 entries- katastrof noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrof noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Tajik
4 entries- мусибат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- офат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- садама noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- фалокат noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Tatar
1 entries- афәт noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Thai
3 entries- พิบัติ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ภัยพิบัติ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- มหันตภัย noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Turkish
4 entries- afet noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- facia noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- felaket noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- felaket noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Turkmen
3 entries- betbagtlyk noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- betbagtçylyk noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- heläkçilik noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- катастро́фа noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Urdu
3 entries- آفَت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- تَباہی noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- مُصِیبَت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Uyghur
4 entries- ئاپەت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- بەختسىزلىك noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- پالاكەت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- ھالاكەت noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Uzbek
4 entries- afat noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- baxtsizlik noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- falokat noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- fojia noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Vietnamese
4 entries- tai họa lớn noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- tai ương noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- thảm hoạ noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- thảm họa noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Volapük
2 entries- katastrof noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
- katastrof noun (disaster beyond expectations)
Walloon
1 entries- rascråwe noun (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Unfortunately, few passengers survived the catastrophe.
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The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, which occurred on the night of December 2, 1984 at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, was the world's worst industrial catastrophe.
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The catastrophe also claimed victims' lives.
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