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Which word is synonymous with 'calamity'?
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A
Benefit
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B
Advantage
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C
Success
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D
Disaster
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Benefit
B
Advantage
C
Success
D
Disaster
The word ‘calamity’ means a serious event that causes great damage, suffering, or distress, and is synonymous with disaster. It refers to sudden misfortune or tragedy that negatively affects people, property, or situations, often on a large scale.
- A. Benefit: A benefit refers to something helpful, positive, or advantageous. This is the opposite of calamity, which involves harm, loss, or suffering rather than gain.
- B. Advantage: An advantage indicates a favorable condition or something that provides a benefit. Calamity, however, involves unfavorable and damaging circumstances, not helpful ones.
- C. Success: Success describes the achievement of a desired goal or positive outcome. This directly contradicts the destructive and tragic nature of a calamity.
- D. Disaster: Disaster correctly reflects the meaning of calamity because both terms describe catastrophic events that result in serious damage or distress.
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