Collocations for tragedy - noun

absolute, appalling (esp. BrE), awful, big, enormous, great, horrible, horrific, major, real, terrible, unspeakable
family, human, personal, private
national
recent

end in
A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized.

be dogged by (esp. BrE), experience, face, suffer
cause
We don't know what caused the tragedy.

avert, avoid, prevent
overcome
survive
see, witness
exploit

befall sb, happen, occur, strike (sb)
Tragedy struck when their eight-year-old daughter was knocked down by a car.

unfold
She had seen the tragedy unfold.

affect sb/sth, touch sb

tragedy for sb
The closure of the factory is a tragedy for the whole community.

classical, Greek, Jacobean, Shakespearean
revenge

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