Words similar to catastrophe

Example sentences for: catastrophe

How can you use “catastrophe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In the Times of London, one of its former editors, Simon Jenkins, wrote in his op-ed column that Western meddling in Kosovo's separatist struggle "has now brought Nato possibly and Kosovo certainly to a catastrophe."
the calm continuation of a national success story after the greatest imaginable catastrophe."
The article implied that it was describing a national catastrophe.
Both cheer the absence of terrorism and computer catastrophe.
But should we simply relax and let the Punditry Crisis grow into a catastrophe?