Catastrophe vs. Catastrophic

Catastrophenoun

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

Catastrophenoun

(insurance) A disaster beyond expectations

Catastrophenoun

(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.

Catastrophenoun

(mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

Catastrophenoun

An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

Catastrophenoun

The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

Catastrophenoun

A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.

Catastrophenoun

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

Catastrophenoun

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;

Catastrophenoun

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

Catastrophicadjective

Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.

Catastrophicadjective

Disastrous; ruinous.

Catastrophicadjective

Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.

Catastrophicadjective

extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;