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calamity definition

ca·lam·ity (-tē)

noun pl. calamities -·ties

  1. deep trouble or misery
  2. any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow; disaster

Etymology: MFr calamité < L calamitas: see clastic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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