calamity; catastrophe; holocaust; havoc;disaster 第二次世界大战给多国人民造成～。The Second World War played havoc among the people of many countries./我们不希望看到人类再一次蒙受世界战争的～。We would not like to see mankind ravaged in the holocaust of another world war./空前～ an unheard-of calamity/10年～10-year catastrophe