Dictionary

1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• tragedy

) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity ;