calamity

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[edit] Etymology

Latin clāmāre (to shout, proclaim, declare, cry out); Latin calamitās (loss, damage; disaster).

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[edit] Noun

calamity (plural calamities)

  1. An event resulting in great loss
  2. An event implying a degree of awkwardness
  3. The distress that results from some disaster

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