Collocations for tragedy - noun

absolute, appalling, awful, great, major, real, terrible | family, human, personal, private

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

be dogged by, suffer | avert, avoid, prevent

happen, occur, strike (sb)
Tragedy struck when their 8-year-old daughter was knocked down by a car.

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

classical, Greek, Jacobean, Shakespearean