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calamityearly 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists ass [..]
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calamitysomething awful that happens, like an earthquake or an aeroplane crash in which many people are killed or hurt
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calamityDisaster.
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calamity(n) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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calamitycalamitas, lues
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calamity
An event resulting in great loss.
The distress that results from some disaster.
* '''2013''', Daniel Taylor, ''Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian [..]
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