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Definition of calamities : of Calamity

Synonyms:

banes, poisons, curses, infections, dooms, evils, scourges, misfortunes, ills, plagues, afflictions, cancers, contagions

Usage examples:

• We have had calamities enough. - "Springhaven A Tale of the Great War", R. D. Blackmore.
• Liberty formed the subject of every writing and every discourse: it seemed that orators alone possessed the power of serving her; and this error was partly the cause of the calamities which afterwards overwhelmed France. - "Paris As It Was and As It Is", Francis W. Blagdon.
• It is a stern law, which sometimes brings with its execution many great calamities. - "Monsieur Violet", Frederick Marryat.