face catastrophe
Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words
To be in a situation where a disaster is very likely to happen.
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- The region now faces economic catastrophe after the main factory closed down.
- If we don't address climate change, humanity will face an environmental catastrophe.
- During the great drought, the small farming community faced catastrophe as all their crops failed.
- Without international aid, the war-torn country could face a humanitarian catastrophe.
- Facing financial catastrophe, the once-thriving company was forced to declare bankruptcy.
- Are we truly prepared to face the catastrophe that a major asteroid impact would cause?
- If the main reactor fails, the entire city will face a nuclear catastrophe.
- For years, the small island nation has faced the slow-moving catastrophe of rising sea levels.
- After losing his funding, the scientist felt his entire research project was facing catastrophe.
- We must act decisively to reform the system, or we will face a total catastrophe.