calamity
noun
a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
calamities
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pluralof calamity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Databases such as Court Listener have a growing list of rulings on AI-generated calamities in the US courts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Organizations designed to worry about future calamities can be counted on to find new calamities to worry about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Spurs' first aim will be to avoid any calamities like their red card against Crystal Palace in their previous home league game.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
“We need a greater collective sense of these ongoing calamities as the new normal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
