Similar words: catastrophically, catastrophe, eutrophication, astrophysics, astrophysicist, at a stretch, claustrophobic, claustrophobia. Meaning: [‚kætə'strɒfɪk(l)] 
adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin.
adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. 
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1 His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him.
2 The water shortage in this country is potentially catastrophic.
3 Relegation to the Third Division would prove catastrophic.
4 The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences .
5 But in ecological terms, something catastrophic had occurred.
6 The humanitarian situation has reached catastrophic proportions.
7 That way, if you have a catastrophic problem, you can restore your system to its previous state.
8 Read in studio Conservation experts are warning of catastrophic longterm effects from the Shetland tanker disaster.
9 It has stoked catastrophic business failures and contributed to increased unemployment.
10 Similarly, other professionals working in the field of catastrophic illness should have other interests that they are heavily invested in emotionally.
11 During that time, it has suffered catastrophic labor problems and declining attendance.
12 She too embarks on a lazy plot of catastrophic collapse, winding up confined in a local booby hatch.
13 Most deaths are caused not by catastrophic accidents but by fouling from oil that is illegally but routinely discharged from ships.
14 Damage to farmland was catastrophic and main rail links were severed.
15 The minister gave a warning that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic.
16 A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.
17 The decision to cut back on film-making had a catastrophic effect on the nurturing of new talent.
18 The effects of global warming, while not immediate, are potentially catastrophic.
19 It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis , causing catastrophic famine and disease.
20 An unchecked increase in the use of fossil fuels could have catastrophic results for the planet.
21 If they are wrong, then we are without guidance and they may leave us, which would be catastrophic.
22 In general, however, there is little evidence to support the idea that many of the occasional desert rainfalls cause catastrophic floods.
23 Firstly, engine fires happen, though thankfully they are rare, and often not catastrophic.
24 At some later date, a slight glacial retreat would weaken the dam wall and its subsequent collapse would prove catastrophic.
25 The two countries have been criticised in recent months for insisting on maintaining sanctions in spite of the catastrophic impact on civilians.
26 Cancellation of the world-famous National Hunt meeting would be a catastrophic blow to racing.
27 Patients went through three overlapping, distinguishable stages as they learned to assimilate and adjust to the catastrophic effects of their illness.
28 And yet the country faces an AIDS epidemic every bit as catastrophic as the one that is ravaging its neighbours.
29 Development and international aid are frequently misguided in inception,[www.Sentencedict.com] disastrous in execution and catastrophic for the local people.
30 Perry said the program will be open to growers who have signed up for federal catastrophic crop insurance.
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