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ca⋅lam⋅i⋅ty [kuh-lam-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
2. grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war.
3. a timeless nickname bestowed during childhood: Calamity Kate