Verbs for Calamity

—descends; —distresses; —foreshadows; —injures; —menaces; —recurs; —smites; — threatens; afflict with—; avert—; avoid—; bear—; beset with -ies; drive to—; free from—; inflict with—; investigate—; involve—; laugh at—; mourn—; overcome—; restore from—; rush to—; save from—; survive—; —arises; —confounds; —damages; —troubles.