Catastrophe
Catastrophe or catastrophic comes from the Greek κατά (kata) = down; στροφή (strophē) = turning (Greek: καταστροφή). It may refer to the following: == A general or specific event == Disaster, a devastating event The Asia Minor Catastrophe, a Greek name for the 1923 Greek defeat at the Greco-Turkish War The Holocaust, also known by the Hebrew name HaShoah which translates to "The Catastrophe" The Chernobyl catastrophe, also known as the Chernobyl disaster Blue sky catastrophe, a type of bifurcation of a periodic orbit, where the orbit vanishes into the blue sky Catastrophic failure, complete failure of a system from which recovery is impossible (e.g.