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catastrophal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
catas-trophal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Catastrophic.

Etymology

From catastrophe + -al.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more catastrophal (comparative) most catastrophal (superlative)

Questions

What does catastrophal mean?
Catastrophic.
Where does catastrophal come from?
From catastrophe + -al.

How to pronounce catastrophal

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