Associations to the word «Catastrophic»

Wiktionary

CATASTROPHIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
CATASTROPHIC, adjective. Disastrous; ruinous.
CATASTROPHIC KILL, noun. (military) (slang) An instance of damaging a vehicle by weaponry that renders it both unusable and unrepairable.
CATASTROPHIC KILLS, noun. Plural of catastrophic kill

Dictionary definition

CATASTROPHIC, adjective. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne