ADJ

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

VERB + TRAGEDY

end in
A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized
be dogged by, suffer
avert, avoid, prevent

TRAGEDY + VERB

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

PREP

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

ADJ

classical, Greek, Jacobean, Shakespearean