"tragic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /'træd͡ʒɪk/ Audio: en-au-tragic.ogg [Australia] Forms: tragic [positive], more tragic [comparative], most tragic [superlative]
Head templates: {{adjective|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When an event is tragic, it is causing a lot of pain and suffering for those involved in that event. We would call such event a tragedy as well.
    Sense id: simple-tragic-en-adj-B0LSOr7H
     
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          "text": "Terrorists are people who want to make tragic events happen and make the innocent people suffer so as to tell the government something."
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "superlative"
      ]
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        }
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      ]
    }
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