4
devastation(noun, disaster, catastrophe, calamity, upheaval)
4
failure(noun, ruin, blow, cross, disaster)
4
ruin(noun, evil, lot, disaster, catastrophe)
4
smashup(noun, disaster, happening, accident)
4
suffering(noun, distress, burden, sadness, anguish)
4
wreck(noun, disaster, catastrophe, calamity, upheaval)
3
annihilation(noun, lot, disaster, catastrophe, downfall)
3
bane(noun, ruin, catastrophe, adversity)
3
broadway(noun, performance, show, play, production)
3
destitution(noun, sorrow, woe, adversity)
3
difficulty(noun, disaster, adversity, crisis)
3
dramatization(noun, performance, show, play, production)
3
emergency(noun, ruin, disaster, catastrophe, calamity)
3
humiliation(noun, disaster, catastrophe, calamity)
3
infliction(noun, disaster, adversity, calamity, upheaval)
3
sadness(noun, distress, anguish, grief, affliction)
3
scourge(noun, disaster, catastrophe, calamity, upheaval)
3
smash(noun, performance, show, hit, disaster)
3
sorrow(noun, distress, sadness, anguish, grief)
2
burden(noun, trouble, blow, distress, cross)
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