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calamity

nounCommon GRE wordMore C words

an event causing great damage, loss, or distress

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In a sentence

Calamity in a sentence

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The flood was a calamity that displaced thousands of families.

Synonyms
disastercatastrophemisfortunecataclysm
Antonyms
blessingboon
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Calamity (noun) means an event causing great damage, loss, or distress
Here is calamity used in an example sentence: "The flood was a calamity that displaced thousands of families."
Common synonyms for calamity include disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, cataclysm.
Antonyms of calamity include blessing, boon.
Calamity is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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