Definition of calamity

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Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals..

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Imprecation :: Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..
Woful :: Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..
Existence :: Existence (n.) Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war..
Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (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..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity..
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Tort :: Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.
Woful :: Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Misfortune :: Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Calamitous :: Calamitous (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity..
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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