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Calamity Ca‧Lam‧I‧Ty Kəˈlæməti Kəˈlæmɪti Noun Plural Countable Terrible

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Back ca‧lam‧i‧ty /kəˈlæməti, kəˈlæmɪti/ noun (plural calamities) [countable]
a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering SYN disaster:
It will be a calamity for farmers if the crops fail again.
—calamitous adjective

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