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catastrophic

CEFR: C1

Involving or causing sudden, widespread, and devastating damage, structural failure, or financial ruin.

Synonyms

disastrous
ruinous

Common Collocations

catastrophic failure
catastrophic consequences
catastrophic damage

Example Sentence

A catastrophic cable snap in mid-ocean resulted in the loss of two thousand miles of armored copper wire.

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