calamitous, adj.
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2
black calamitous disastrous fatal fateful
sample sentences
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday""a calamitous defeat"
"the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
"a fateful error"
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