The consequence of a wrong translation can sometimes be catastrophic.
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Catastrophic
/kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/
Synonyms for "catastrophic" (85 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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Adjective(9 words)
Noun(4 words)
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriescatastrophic consequencescatastrophic damagecatastrophic eventcatastrophic failurecatastrophic impactcatastrophic risk
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4 entriesleast catastrophicless catastrophicmore catastrophicmost catastrophic
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13 total sentences available.
You need to look at things from a different angle, it's not as catastrophic as you think.
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Ups and downs must be expected; but even in the face of catastrophic loss and sorrow, I like to think that at bottom I can't not be all right: I read the lines as they were written.
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Climate scientists say we need to avert an additional 2-degree temperature increase to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.
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