calamity
Sudden devastating event
Calamity is a disaster or grave misfortune—an event causing widespread suffering or destruction: The earthquake was a calamity for the region.
The word suggests scale and severity beyond ordinary troubles.
A personal calamity might be financial ruin or devastating loss.
One calamity after another befell the expedition.
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
flood · wildfire · avalanche · eruption · typhoon · cyclone · landslide · drought
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
anguish · bereavement · loss · ruin · downfall · doom · setback · blow
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- collapseSudden structural failure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
unrest · chaos · emergency · catastrophe · breakdown · destabilization · anarchy · coup
Sustained experience of distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- tribulationState of great distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
deprivation · privation · destitution · poverty · famine · starvation · scarcity · want
Removal from danger
- rescueSave from harm
- reliefEasing of distress
- aidSupport given freely
- shelterProtected place or structure
first responders · triage · recovery · rebuilding · humanitarian aid · emergency services · disaster relief · survivors
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
hurricane · flood · wildfire · avalanche · eruption · typhoon · cyclone · landslide · drought · pandemic
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
heartbreak · anguish · bereavement · loss · ruin · downfall · doom · setback · blow · disaster
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- collapseSudden structural failure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
panic · unrest · chaos · emergency · catastrophe · breakdown · destabilization · anarchy · coup · revolt
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- tribulationState of great distress
misery · deprivation · privation · destitution · poverty · famine · starvation · scarcity · want · struggle
evacuation
Removal from danger
shelter · first responders · triage · recovery · rebuilding · humanitarian aid · emergency services · disaster relief · survivors · casualties
- doomdoomsday, impending doom, doom and gloom, doomed, sense of doom
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- crisescrisis, emergency, disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
calamityblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
godsend · boon · windfall · miracle · stroke of luck
calamitytriviality
Unimportant small matter
inconvenience · hiccup · blip · non-event · trifle
- Calamity JaneLegendary Western frontierswoman
- natural calamitiesDevastating events from nature