calamity
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noun
(plural
calamities
)
an
event
causing
great
and often
sudden
damage
or
distress
; a
disaster
:
⦅ややかたく⦆ 災難, 惨事; 不幸
e.g.
the journey had led to calamity and ruin
e.g.
the fire was the latest calamity to strike the area.
a state of
deep
distress
or
misery
caused by major
misfortune
or
loss
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
(in the sense ‘
disaster
and
distress
’): from
Old French
calamite
, from
Latin
calamitas
.