Definition of calamity

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Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

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Calamity :: Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals..
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity..
Welfare :: Welfare (n.) Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune..
Woe :: Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
Imprecation :: Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Ill :: Ill (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity..
Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..
National :: National (a.) Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc..
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Misery :: Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..
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