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catastrophes

noun

Meaning

  1. Any large and disastrous event of great significance
  2. A disaster beyond expectations
  3. The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement
  4. A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states

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