- (of a natural event)
causing many people to suffer 灾难；灾祸；横祸 a catastrophic earthquake/flood/wildfire 灾难性的地震/洪水/野火
causing a lot of problems for people synonym disastrous a catastrophic failure/collapse/defeat 灾难性的失败/崩溃/失败 - (US English)
a catastrophic illness (= one that costs a very large amount to treat) 要花费巨资治疗的疾病