LekhoriLekhoriAny large and disastrous event of great significance.
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.
A disaster beyond expectations.
The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
Pat : he comes like the Cataſtrophe of the old Comedie : my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a ſighe like Tom o’ Bedlam.
From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “I overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn”).
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