An emergency or failure in any one segment could have catastrophic impact on the rest of the system.

The eelgrass was thus able to survive the catastrophic impact of the disease.

Much of this land would have been inundated by the tsunami, with a catastrophic impact on the local human population.

He turned away, shielding his face from the inevitable catastrophic impact.

Eliminating the joints reduced the number of points for potential body separation in a catastrophic impact.

But how else to minimize their potentially catastrophic impact on world affairs?

Supreme Court decisions can have a catastrophic impact on the daily lives of ordinary citizens, even determining whether they are to live or die.

Such a catastrophic impact should have left its mark on the globe.

So given the catastrophic impact of carbon emissions on the global environment, we clearly need to change.

"The costs of care can have a catastrophic impact on family care-givers, not just the ill person."