"It has had a calamitous effect on converted peoples.
The impact of the melting Arctic may have a calamitous effect on the planet.
The result was predictable, and the country was plunged into a depression, with calamitous consequences in terms of poverty and social breakdown.
That is why they are being especially aggressive and ruthless at this moment: trying to convince Greeks that a "no" vote means leaving the euro, claiming that such a decision would have calamitous consequences, and giving them a taste of the financial crisis and economic disruption that they will suffer through if they refuse to do as they are told.
With the Aug. 2 deadline looming, Mr. Obama says a default would have calamitous consequences, jeopardizing the timely payment of Social Security benefits and driving up interest rates for the government and private borrowers alike.
There is nothing to guard Iran against the calamitous consequences of a sharp drop.
If it tips, the Amazon will start to become a much drier savanna, which calamitous consequences.
He has argued that a premature withdrawal could have "calamitous consequences to the Iraqi people".
A sudden loss of confidence in all sovereign debt, and especially in American Treasuries, the world's benchmark "risk-free" asset, would have calamitous consequences in a still-fragile recovery.
The implications, which are supported by chaos theory, are that anything less than a fundamental intervention may further destabilize the current system in the process of failing, with additional high probability that even a small future change could bring calamitous consequences.
The second goal came when Devlin allowed a cross to drop over his head, a terrible piece of non-defending that had calamitous consequences when he brought down Hayes in an attempt to recover.
