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Catastrophe

/kəˈtæstɹəfi/

Any large and disastrous event of great significance

📖 Definitions of "Catastrophe"

noun
  1. 1

    Any large and disastrous event of great significance

  2. 2

    A disaster beyond expectations

  3. 3

    The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement

  4. 4

    A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states

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