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megacatastrophic

megacatastrophic adjective: catastrophic on a very large scale.

Adjective

megacatastrophic (comparative more megacatastrophic, superlative most megacatastrophic)

  1. (rare) Catastrophic on a very large scale.
    • “Fire has emerged as more and more a megacatastrophic risk like we saw with Katrina,” said Carole Walker, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association.2007 June 26, Jesse Mckinley, “On Fringe of Forests, Homes and Fires Meet”, in New York Times

Forms of megacatastrophic

comparativemore megacatastrophic
superlativemost megacatastrophic

Origin of megacatastrophic

From mega- + catastrophic.

Questions about megacatastrophic

What does megacatastrophic mean?
Megacatastrophic means catastrophic on a very large scale.
What part of speech is megacatastrophic?
Megacatastrophic is an adjective.

Words near megacatastrophic in the dictionary

  1. megacast
  2. megacasted
  3. megacasting
  4. megacastings
  5. megacasts
  6. megacatastrophic
  7. megacelebrities
  8. megacelebrity
  9. megacenter
  10. megacenters
  11. megacentre

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