major catastrophe
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandcatastrophe
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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catastrophe
noun[C]
uk/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/us/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
a sudden event that causes very great trouble ...
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(Definition ofmajorandcatastrophefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These risks may vary substantially over the years and can be particularly high when there is amajorcatastropheresulting in multiple deaths.
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Given the very high levels of dependence on imports, failure to procure sufficient rice would have been amajorcatastrophe.
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Only the last, it is worth noting, points in the direction of a decline in the share of illegitimate births during the course of amajorcatastrophe.
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Whatever the cost, what would be the position if there were amajorcatastropheat one of those known-to-be-unsafe reactors?
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Even in the absence of amajorcatastrophe, exploration—but especially extraction—could have a damaging effect on the diverse and remarkably abundant marine life.
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This international effort has avoided amajorcatastrophe.
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They are in no doubt that one authority would make for a safer harbour if amajorcatastrophehit the area.
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This is true, even though nomajorcatastropheundertakes us in the meantime.
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The oil spillage is amajorcatastrophefor one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
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We must understand the other reason for thismajorcatastrophe.
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The problem is that amajorcatastrophehas engulfed neighbourhood energy action programmes up and down the land.
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I make a generalised comment, but, happily, it is clear that enough food aid came in sufficiently early to stop amajorcatastropheoccurring.
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I should have thought that decolonisation has been themajorcatastrophethat this globe has faced in the past half century.
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We are now in a position where we must have amajorcatastrophefor it to become headline news.
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It is only fiscal policy that is preventing amajorcatastrophe.
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I should have thought that they would have been by way of being supplementary helps to be brought in only in the last resort when amajorcatastrophehad occurred.
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In fact, short of a general proclamation if amajorcatastrophewere impending, only a comparatively small fraction of the total would ever be called upon.
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Amajorcatastrophevery nearly occurred there.
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That really would be amajorcatastrophe.
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