6
collapse(noun, trouble, ruin, failure, woe)
6
destruction(noun, disorder, ruin, defeat, failure)
6
disturbance(noun, disorder, fit, confusion, disaster)
6
overflow(noun, rush, big, flow, bore)
5
adversity(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
5
alluvion(noun, big, quantity, flow, bore)
5
bouleversement
5
doom(noun, shock, failure, unpleasant, lot)
5
havoc(noun, disorder, situation, destruction, disaster)
5
mischance(noun, blow, collapse, cross, failure)
5
revolution(noun, change, disorder, disturbance, turmoil)
4
casualty(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
4
catastrophic event
4
flooding(noun, rush, disaster, flow, flood)
4
washout(ruin, destruction, catastrophe, tragedy, river)
4
wreck(noun, disorder, ruin, shock, collapse)
3
earthquake(noun, revolution)
3
affliction(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
3
blight(ruin, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
blow(noun, ruin, shock, cross, failure)
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