disaster
Ah, calamity is a powerful word. How about this: "Despite the calamity of the storm, the community came together to support one another with kindness and resilience." Remember, even in the darkest of times, there is always a glimmer of hope shining through.
The tsunami caused great calamity
The root word of calamity is "calamitas," which comes from Latin and means "disaster" or "misfortune."
The English word "calamity" comes from Latin calamitas.
kuh-lam-i-tee
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The word for a cataclysm or calamity is "disaster".
Disaster
That word would be disaster.
A disaster, like a calamity is a hugely problematic turn of events.
Depends how you use it. But some ideas are: unfortunate circumstance tragedy cataclysm catastrophe mishap calamity disaster hope that helps