catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“They catastrophically failed in this case, and they’re going to pay the price,” Claypool said of DCFS.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
They added that the families wanted to know what checks were made and how the nursery's safeguarding systems had "failed so catastrophically".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Technically accurate but catastrophically misleading about what you’re eating.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
Then in 2022, the Yellowstone River burst its banks catastrophically in what was dubbed a "thousand-year event".
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
But because he lacks one very basic ability—the ability to mind-read—he can be presented with that scene in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and come to a conclusion that is socially completely and catastrophically wrong.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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