Collocations withcatastrophe
These are words often used in combination withcatastrophe.
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catastrophe theory
And much of his interpretation of the kind of knowledge produced by catastrophe theory depended on this answer.
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ecological catastrophe
Yet, dedicated as it is to ' ' rejection, ' ' it cannot in our time retain its traditional privilege of superior wisdom : ecological catastrophe implicates us all.
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economic catastrophe
That revolution brought so much political change so quickly that the political crisis that followed it has now led to economic catastrophe.
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environmental catastrophe
Forecasts of potential environmental catastrophe have a long and celebrated tradition.
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financial catastrophe
Furthermore, the diversity also reduces income variability and the risk of financial catastrophe.
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humanitarian catastrophe
Unfortunately, it is all too obvious that, given that winter is approaching, we are heading for a humanitarian catastrophe, unless the situation changes soon.
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impending catastrophe
There is still time to prevent the impending catastrophe with a careful strategy and targeted expenditure.
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major catastrophe
These risks may vary substantially over the years and can be particularly high when there is a major catastrophe resulting in multiple deaths.
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natural catastrophe
A natural catastrophe made him see the violent dynamics of history behind the mask of a civil society.
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nuclear catastrophe
In these tales there is often an agency of change, such as a nuclear catastrophe, which leads to the change of human into non-human.
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terrible catastrophe
To bring the two back to reality, a terrible catastrophe is called for.
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