Catastrophe (8)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(I know that catastrophe can be written as disaster)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for disaster that I've seen before include "Event causing great damage" , "Heavy blow" , "not a success!" , "awful situation" , "Catastrophic occurrence" .)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(I know that calamity is a type of catastrophe)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for calamity that I've seen before include "Tragedy" , "Disaster, extreme misfortune" , "distress" , "Disaster for wild west Jane" , "A disaster, like Western heroine Jane" .)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(a debacle is a catastrophe or disaster)
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(Other definitions for debacle that I've seen before include "foul-up" , "Fiasco, a right mess" , "Total collapse or defeat" , "Sudden and violent collapse" , "Sudden and ignominious failure" .)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(I know that catastrophe can be written as cataclysm)
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(Other definitions for cataclysm that I've seen before include "Calamity" , "Violent event" , "Event resulting in great loss and misfortune" , "A violent upheaval or disaster" , "A clam cyst could be a disaster" .)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for fiasco that I've seen before include "A debacle, complete mess" , "bomb" , "Sudden total disaster" , "An absolute mess, what a farce" , "Ignominious result" .)
'catastrophe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
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(Other definitions for crisis that I've seen before include "Climax point in, say, a fever" , "Decisive or critical moment" , "A decisive or dangerous time" , "Situation of extreme danger or difficulty" , "Turning point in disease" .)