An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.
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Opposition; contrariety.
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The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
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That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
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Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
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The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.
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General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
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That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
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The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.
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Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individua…
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An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
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An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity…
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A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species…
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