calamity
ca·la·mity
noun
1.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”
- “the earthquake was a disaster”
Origin
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).
Phrases
- calamity howler
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