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calamity
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[kəˈlamɪti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster
(e.g: emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘disaster and distress’): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas
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