megacatastrophic

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ catastrophic

Adjective

megacatastrophic (comparative more megacatastrophic, superlative most megacatastrophic)

  1. (rare) Catastrophic on a very large scale.
    • 2007 June 26, Jesse Mckinley, “On Fringe of Forests, Homes and Fires Meet”, in New York Times‎:
      “Fire has emerged as more and more a megacatastrophic risk like we saw with Katrina,” said Carole Walker, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association.
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