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catastrophe

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Noun

  1. Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  2. A disaster beyond expectations.
  3. The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
  4. A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

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