#calamity__catastrophe__disaster__tragedy__cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
supertype: #misfortune__bad_luck__badluck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble
subtype: #act_of_God__force_majeure__forcemajeure__vis_major__vismajor__inevitable_accident__unavoidable_casualty__unavoidablecasualty a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
subtype: #apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
subtype: #kiss_of_death something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career"
subtype: #plague.calamity any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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