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      catastrophic
      adjective
      Disastrous; ruinous.
      Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
      From which recovery is impossible.
      Roots
      katacata- · Greek · down, according tostrephein-stroph · Greek · to turn
      Synonyms for catastrophic
      ruinousadjdisastrousadjcataclysmicadjcalamitousadjcataclysmaladjdevastatingadjwreckfuladjtragicadjdestructiveadjfatefuladjfataladj
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      Where does catastrophic come from?

      The word catastrophic breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: cata-, from Greek kata (“down, according to”); and -stroph, from Greek strephein (“to turn”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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