catastrophe — I noun accident, adversity, affliction, calamitas, calamity, cataclysm, collapse, contretemps, debacle, decimation, desolation, destruction, devastation, disaster, downfall, emergency, eradication, extinction, great misfortune, hardship, havoc,… … Law dictionary
catastrophe — UK [kəˈtæstrəfɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms catastrophe : singular catastrophe plural catastrophes a) an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer an economic/humanitarian/natural catastrophe b) used about an event… … English dictionary
catastrophe — ca|tas|tro|phe [ kə tæstrəfi ] noun count an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer: DISASTER: an economic/humanitarian/natural catastrophe a. used about an event that causes serious difficulty for a particular person… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
natural disaster — gaivalinis reiškinys statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Galingas, sunkiai įveikiamas ir didelę griaunamąją jėgą turintis gamtos reiškinys (pvz., potvynis, didelė sausra, uraganas). atitikmenys: angl. natural catastrophe;… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
catastrophe — [kəˈtæstrəfi] noun [C] an event that causes a lot of damage, or makes a lot of people suffer Syn: disaster an economic/natural catastrophe[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Catastrophe bond — Catastrophe bonds (also known as cat bonds) are risk linked securities that transfer a specified set of risks from a sponsor to investors. They are often structured as floating rate corporate bonds whose principal is forgiven if specified trigger … Wikipedia
catastrophe bond — UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a type of investment that pays a high rate of interest unless there is a natural disaster, such as a flood, forest fire, etc. If this happens, the investment is lost and the money is used to help the people affected … Financial and business terms
Catastrophe (drama) — In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, the catastrophe is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close. In comedies, this may be a marriage between main… … Wikipedia
Catastrophe modeling — This article refers to the use of computers to estimate losses caused by disasters. For other meanings of the word catastrophe, including catastrophe theory in mathematics, see catastrophe (disambiguation). Catastrophe modeling (also known as cat … Wikipedia
catastrophe — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, big, complete, great, major, terrible, total ▪ minor ▪ national … Collocations dictionary
