supercatastrophe
/suːpəɹˈkəˈtæstɹəfi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very severe, widespread catastrophe.
Example Sentences
- "Then came that supercatastrophe, that curse and blot upon civilization, the great World War."
- "It may be a vast waterfront fire, like the Staten Island ferry terminal blaze a few years ago that consumed acres of buildings; a supercatastrophe, like the Black Tom explosion; a blazing oil tanker drifting toward a pier laden with explosives; or perhaps a helicopter pilot has dunked in the river, a boat is adrift, or someone has fallen off a ferryboat."
- "Insurance underwriters very often take the same optimistic view as property owners and in many countries underestimate the long term annual cost for the rare supercatastrophes."
Etymology
From super- + catastrophe.