Select the word which means the same as the group of words given:
Causing great damage or suffering.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1, i.e. catastrophic.
- Catastrophic: (Adjevtive) Invovlving or causing sudden great damage or suffering; extreemely unfortunate or unseccessful turn of events; large scale alteration in state/being.
- Spasmodic: Occuring or done in brief; irregular bursts.
- Catatonic: Characterized or relating to catatonia (catatonia is a condition that results in abnormality in behavior arising due to a disturbed mental state); in an unresponsive or immobile stupor (informal definition).
- Chasm: A deep fissure in the Earth's surface; profound differnce between ideology, practice, poeple, feelings, etc.
The first option expresses the meaning of the given group of words 'causing great damage or suffering' and hence becomes the correct answer to the question.