English-Swedish translations for catastrophe

• katastrof en
  En kris innebär inte nödvändigtvis katastrof.A crisis is not necessarily a catastrophe.
  Inte ett ord om kärnkraftskatastrofen.Not a word about the nuclear catastrophe.
  Detta är en av de mest fasansfulla katastroferna vi har hört talas om.It is one of the most horrifying catastrophes we have heard of.

Definition of catastrophe

• any large and disastrous event of great significance
• a disaster beyond expectations
• a type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states

Related words

• catastrophic
• catastrophically
• eucatastrophe
• catastrophist
• catastrophism
• catastrophin
• catastrophical
• catastrophe theory
• catastrophic kill