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category five

noun

Etymology

Primarily from the Saffir–Simpson scale, in which category five represents the most powerful type of hurricane.

Definitions

  1. Very serious, extreme.

    • You would have to be a category-five idiot to cross the Brexit and Covid streams, so – inevitably – several government ministers did just that.
    • Ms Elser also said Meghan entering politics would trigger a "category five meltdown" at Buckingham Palace.

The neighborhood

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