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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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Calamity
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Carnage
destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals
Catastrophe
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
Catastrophic
extremely harmful
Contemporary
(adj.) belonging to the same period of time as oneself; (n.) a person of the same time
Flourish
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Forsaken
abandoned or deserted
Horrific
causing fear or dread or terror
Inadvertently
not done on purpose; unintentionally; thoughtlessly; accidentally; carelessly
Macabre
grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
Necrosis
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Ominous
unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen
Pestilence
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Pneumonic
relating to or affecting the lungs
Portent
a sign of something about to happen
Quarantine
isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
Random
lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
Repugnant
offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
Succumb
yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
Virulent
extremely poisonous; hateful
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