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Catastrophization

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cataclasmnounDated form of cataclysm. [A sudden, violent event.]
catastrophenounAny large and disastrous event of great significance.
cataclysmnounA sudden, violent event.
apocalypsenounA huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
tragedizationnounThe process of tragedizing.
disastrophenounA disastrous catastrophe.
catastrophic killnoun(military slang) An instance of damaging a vehicle by weaponry that renders it both unusable and unrepairable.
traumatizationnoun(psychology) The infliction of trauma; the act or process of traumatizing.
castrophonynounThe overwhelming sounds of catastrophe.
catastasisnoun(rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.
katrinanounThe 11th tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which caused catastrophic damage to Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama.
freak-outnounThe act of freaking out.
holocaustingnounThe subjection of a group of people to a holocaust (mass annihilation).
destructionnounThe act of destroying.
disasternounAn unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
terrorizationnounThe act of terrorizing.
macrodestructionnounLarge-scale destruction.
hiroshimanounThe capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.
end of the worldnounDeath and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
armageddonnoun(by extension) Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.

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