megacatastrophic

adjective

Catastrophic on a very large scale.

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Meanings

adjectivemegacatastrophic (comparative more megacatastrophic, superlative most megacatastrophic)

comparative more megacatastrophic · superlative most megacatastrophic

  1. rareCatastrophic on a very large scale.

    “Fire has emerged as more and more a megacatastrophic risk like we saw with Katrina,” said Carole Walker, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association.

    2007 June 26, Jesse Mckinley, “On Fringe of Forests, Homes and Fires Meet”, in New York Times

Origin

From mega- + catastrophic.

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APA

megacatastrophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megacatastrophic

MLA

“megacatastrophic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megacatastrophic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megacatastrophic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megacatastrophic.

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