German-English translation for "katastrophal"

"katastrophal" English translation

katastrophal
[katastroˈfaːl]Adjektiv | adjective adj

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catastrophic disastrous catastrophic, disastrous, awful
  • catastrophic
    katastrophal furchtbar
    katastrophal furchtbar
  • disastrous
    katastrophal verhängnisvoll
    katastrophal verhängnisvoll
examples
  • katastrophale Folgen
    disastrous consequences
    katastrophale Folgen
  • catastrophic
    katastrophal figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    disastrous
    katastrophal figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    awful
    katastrophal figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    katastrophal figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
examples
katastrophal
[katastroˈfaːl]Adverb | adverb adv

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catastrophically
  • catastrophically
    katastrophal
    katastrophal
But that means that there is a 20% chance that it would be.
Aber das heißt auch, dass eine 20-prozentige Chance besteht, dass es katastrophal wäre.
Source: News-Commentary
Not all of the consequences were disastrous.
Nicht alle Kriegsfolgen waren katastrophal.
Source: News-Commentary
I believe that this is absurd and things should not be done in this way.
Wir benehmen uns katastrophal, so geht das nicht.
Source: Europarl
Mr President, the situation in Burma is disastrous.
Herr Präsident, die Situation in Birma ist katastrophal.
Source: Europarl
It performed disastrously in recent elections for local councils and the European parliament.
Sie hat in den jüngsten Kommunalwahlen und bei den Europawahlen katastrophal abgeschnitten.
Source: News-Commentary
The Bush administration has been disastrously anti-scientific.
Die Bush-Administration war bisher in katastrophaler Weise wissenschaftsfeindlich.
Source: News-Commentary
Now, however, the situation has become all but catastrophic.
Aber jetzt ist die Situation geradezu katastrophal.
Source: Europarl
And every now and again, conflict prevention ended in disastrous circumstances.
Gelegentlich hat die Konfliktprävention aber auch einen katastrophalen Verlauf genommen.
Source: Europarl
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