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tragedy
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tragedy as in an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity“
- “the earthquake was a disaster“
Synonyms
- calamity an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- catastrophe an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; a sudden violent change in the earth’s surface
- disaster a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; an act that has disastrous consequences
- cataclysm a sudden violent change in the earth’s surface ; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
tragedy as in drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance
- “excites terror or pity“