adjective
- Of, relating to, or involving a catastrophe.
- Relating to a serious illness or injury that results in a long period of incapacity and often high treatment costs.
Related Forms:
- cat′a·stroph′i·cal·ly
adverb
The catastrophic results of a tornado.
- A tornado that causes many deaths is an example of something that would be described as catastrophic.
- When the stock market goes down 1000 points in a day, this is an example of a catastrophic collapse.
- When the manager of a company manages it so poorly that it goes bankrupt, this is an example of catastrophic mismanagement.
The definition of catastrophic is something that is extremely harmful or that causes great damage or change.
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Adjective
(comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)
- Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
- Disastrous; ruinous.
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Sentence Examples
- I hope I never have to experience a catastrophic disaster.
- The catastrophic hurricane caused many people to flee inland.
- The loss of the championship was catastrophic to the dedicated team members.
- There are many charities starting up to help families effected by the catastrophic event.
- One of the most catastrophic events in United States history is Pearl Harbor.
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