Awful event (7)

I believe the answer is:

tragedy

(Other definitions for tragedy that I've seen before include "play such as Othello" , "Sophoclean drama" , "Dire misfortune" , "play by Shakespeare?" , "event causing great pain" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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