tragedy

Definitions

1. A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character
2. A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
   countable, uncountable
3. The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
   countable, uncountable
4. The genre of such works, and the art of producing them
5. A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
   countable, uncountable
6. A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury

Equivalents

Examples

““The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached; but, like⟳ many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own⟳ ideas.[…]””

“[…] last⟳ month's flooding in the Buffalo Creek Valley […]. The tragedy took more than one hundred lives[…]”

“After the terrible tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911, which killed 146 New York garment workers, proper fire drilling was considered a necessity.”

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