catastrophic event

collocation in English

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catastrophic
adjective
uk
/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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However, thiscatastrophicevent(which was unpredictable and uncontrollable) may serve as a natural experiment.
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However, even the most conservative rate estimates indicate that acatastrophiceventwithin the geological record is likely.
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Collective forethought and a broad-based consensus would go far in helping to tackle the unique moral and ethical dilemmas that will arise when acatastrophiceventoccurs.
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I think it would be the most calamitous and the mostcatastrophiceventthat could happen.
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It was acatastrophiceventin my life.
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The enormity of the grief that such acatastrophiceventcan bring to a family is difficult to comprehend and impossible to describe.
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It was acatastrophiceventthat overwhelmed the whole country.
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I do not think this militates against the interests of the patient, because it is in the interests of the patient to be detained and treated before thatcatastrophicevent.
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We want to be sure that it is not confined to a momentary definablecatastrophiceventbecause an occurrence might become a continuing or repeating one.
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Why did we have thatcatastrophicevent?
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At some point, the pressure is too much, and a steam explosion occurs, throwing the earth out in acatastrophicevent.
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Thecatastrophiceventthreatens to engulf the entire world in ice.
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Creation of shrub swamps often follows acatastrophiceventin a forested swamp (flood, cutting, fire, or windstorm).
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Most endemic species are highly vulnerable to extinction as one majorcatastrophiceventcould wipe out all of the vegetation on each small island.
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It was a potentiallycatastrophiceventand the ship immediately began to take water.
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This theory explained how the world was not created by one solecatastrophicevent, but instead from numerous creation events and locations.
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Kicks can lead to a potentiallycatastrophiceventknown as a blowout.
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A singlecatastrophiceventhas not been observed experimentally.
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In the case of acatastrophiceventdecreasing numbers at a sub-population, individuals from another sub-population site may be able to repopulate the area.
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