The earthquake in China was a major catastrophe.
Here are some sentences.That is a catastrophe.The hurricane was a catastrophe.
Here is an example sentence with the word "catastrophe":The Chernobyl disaster was truly a catastrophe, 350400 people had to evacuate from their homes and thousands suffered from radioactive related diseases.
The play was a catastrophe after Maddy accidentally fell off the stage.
"The end of the world describes the Earth's catastrophism."
The first sentence uses the word catastrophe literally, as a declarative statement. The second sentence is also a valid sentence, but not with a literal sense of the word catastrophe (unless the backpack contained a flask of a life-threatening toxin which broke upon falling to the floor). It uses catastrophe as a metaphor, as hyperbole, and as a melodramatic statement of someone self-centered and unaware of the world.
We couldn't imagine what type of catastrophe had caused so much destruction in our small town.
The catastrophe on Main Street was a huge car accident. 750f0823-e19d-4d65-b91a-2ec91c61d914 1.03.01
Catastrophe means : a disastrous end, bringing overthrow or ruin. Any great and sudden calamity, disaster, or misfortune. The sinking of the Titanic was a catastrophe for the shipping industry. The catastrophe in Chernobyl Russia was caused by a nuclear meltdown.
The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 was a great catastrophe, which caused approximately 350,000 deaths and many more injuries.
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No, catastrophe is a noun.