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  1. tragedy
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    "Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long subtained by now that we can even bear it... the basest of all things is to be afraid." - William Faulkner
  2. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    "Only after disaster can we be ressurected." - Chuck Palahniuk
  3. crisis
    a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
    "Sooner or lated comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success, since the beggining of time, every form of life has been called to meet such crisis." - Robert Collier
  4. despair
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
    "Despair is the price on pays for setting oneself an impossible aim" - Graham Greene
  5. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    "Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made." - Bill Watterson
  6. destruction
    an event that completely ruins something
  7. devastation
    the state of being decayed or destroyed
  8. catastrophe
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  9. misfortune
    a state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
  10. misery
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Created on Wed Mar 23 22:23:00 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Mar 23 22:48:44 EDT 2011)

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