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Calamitous

/kəˈlæmətəs/
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(adj) Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.

The earthquake had calamitous effects on town.
The calamitous event changed her life forever.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The failure of the dam had ____ results for the whole valley city.

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