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Catastrophe meaning
Any large and disastrous event of great significance. | A disaster beyond expectations. | The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
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Appearing on the Ukrainecast, he argued that while the Ukrainian Government is dealing with a major catastrophe and its military strategy may have been hit by the destruction of the dam, is also being impacted by the catastrophe.
China Re will leverage China Re Catastrophe Risk Management Company as an innovative platform to integrate resources from all parties, and accelerate the establishment of China's catastrophe insurance industry infrastructure.
As with shipwrecks, archaeological research can follow multiple themes, including evidence of the final catastrophe, the structures and landscape before the catastrophe and the culture and economy of which it formed a part.
This problem was called the " Ultraviolet catastrophe and Infrared Catastrophe".
After all, any catastrophe can mean making money for someone.
Amid the seemingly never-ending catastrophe of the war in Ukraine, it’s become increasingly evident that China and India are likely to shape its final resolution.
Amnesty International in a statement called for an immediate ceasefire to ensure "access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe".
An aversion to Ukraine, national politics, climate catastrophe are high in Reuters’s marketing report, referred to by Robinson at the beginning.
And since the 2021 census, the housing “crisis” had worsened into a “catastrophe”.
Are we racing toward AI catastrophe?
Arunachal Pradesh has been witnessing rapid drying up of streams and rivers of late and if immediate steps are not taken to halt this impending catastrophe, the future generation would be deprived of water,” Dukam said.
As American spymaster Jack Devine points out, Putin’s career took shape in Dresden, East Germany, ensconced in the Warsaw Pact world and he has called the Soviet empire’s collapse “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the ”.
As Cold War tensions ramped up in the early ‘80s, the band offered a timely warning on lead single “2 Minutes to Midnight,” inspired by the Doomsday Clock that predicts the likelihood of human-made global catastrophe.
A tense fight is escalating, with Democrats refusing to budge and hard-line Republicans digging in. Without a solution, economists and others warn, the US could be plunged into an “economic catastrophe”.
Barring some catastrophe or act of God in their remaining group games against the overmatched trio of Italy, Namibia and Uruguay, they can now safely start turning their focus to a quarter-final.
Battles continue to rage on the streets of Khartoum, sparking fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Biden did not detail much progress in the talks, but said he remained hopeful that an agreement could be reached with Republicans to avoid what would be an unprecedented debt default, which could trigger a financial catastrophe.
Bringing adventure and excitement into the lives of the seven children otherwise raised with militaristic strictness, is a classic love story against the backdrop of looming catastrophe.
But I am very glad that we stayed clear-eyed in the past – we’re still going to be tightening our belts, but we’ve avoided catastrophe by keeping our dreams a little smaller, as sad as that can sometimes feel.
But it is not certain that Ecowas has the means to restore constitutional order in Niger, and armed intervention would be a catastrophe.