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Adjective: catastrophic  `ka-tu'stró-fik
  1. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
    "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"
    - ruinous

See also: catastrophically, harmful

Encyclopedia: Catastrophic

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