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1. i. afet, felaket. yikim, felaket, facia. felaket. felaket. i. afet, felaket. felâket, afet, felâketle sonuçlanan olay, dönüm noktası.
2. afet, felâketle sonuçlanan olay, felâket, dönüm noktası.
3. yıkım. felaket. facia.
4. felaket. afet.
5. felaket.

Etymology : Greek katastrophE, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- + strephein to turn
Pronunciation : k&-'tas-tr&-(")fE
Function : noun
Date : 1540

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1. disaster, calamity, cataclysm. catastrophe\ca*tas"tro*phe\ , n. [l. catastropha, gr. , fr. to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + to turn.].
2. an event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune. the strange catastrophe of affairs now at london. burnet. the most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw.
3. the final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
4. (geol.) a violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.catastrophe n.
5. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm].
6. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" [syn: disaster].
7. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: cataclysm].
8. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
9. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
10. A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface a state of extreme ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster".
11. A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe = disaster.