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Feb 12, 2012
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ca•lam•i•ty



Pronunciation: (ku-lam'i-tē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -ties.
1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
2. grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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