Besides, it was a lot less nerve-racking to get a platoon that way than by sudden catastrophe in battle.

This held that there have been violent and sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains.

It was one of those sudden and overwhelming catastrophes that deprive us for a moment of all power to reason or even to realize.

But experts acknowledge that even the most advanced flight recorders may miss essential clues or even fail completely in a sudden catastrophe.

There was no sudden catastrophe; indeed, no series of catastrophes.

This is no sudden catastrophe that needs the Archmage to save Tadriol's neck.

Most companies' emergency plans were designed to cope with a terrorist attack, a power failure, or some other sudden catastrophe.

This sudden catastrophe blew up out of a distant desert to catch the whole world unaware, and the end is not in sight.

Now that the first shock had passed, she felt more able to deal with this sudden catastrophe.

It had happened with the sudden catastrophe of a dream-and with all the unreal horror of a dream.