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disaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | catastrophe |
| Type of | hard knocks, hardship, adversity |
his policies were a disaster.
disaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy |
| Type of | misfortune, bad luck |
| Has types | visitation, apocalypse, famine, force majeure, unavoidable casualty, vis major, act of god, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, tidal wave, tsunami |
| Derivation | disastrous |
the earthquake was a disaster.
disaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | destruction, devastation |
Examples of disaster
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When disaster struck, she immediately signed up to join a medical relief effort.
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The company's losses since the disaster were another factor leading to its sale.
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Some of the missing may have been out of the region at the time of the disaster.
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When disaster does hit, as it did today, Japan's buildings fare relatively well.
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Casualties there were caused by the disaster itself, not a lack of preparedness.
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The unfolding environmental disaster might yet become the worst in U.S. history.
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It's Day 47 of what we regard as an utterly unacceptable environmental disaster.
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She skirted disaster when she almost tripped in her glittery white evening gown.
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Egg day at culinary school was filled with equal parts disaster and cholesterol.
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- Catastrophe: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
- Calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
- An act that has disastrous consequences
- A disaster is a perceived tragedy, being either a natural calamity or man-made catastrophe. It is a hazard which has come to fruition. A hazard, in turn, is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or that may deleteriously affect society or an environment.
- Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! is an attraction at Universal Studios Florida. Set on a soundstage of a fictitious movie company, Disaster! Studios, Disaster! ...
- Disaster is the second album of the Pennsylvania rock band Katsu. Disaster was recorded from August - October 2003 in Danville, Pennsylvania, and was released in the United States in 2004.
- (The Disasters) Roger Miret and the Disasters is a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret.
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment; An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind
- (Disasters) manifest as hazards exacerbating vulnerable conditions and exceeding individuals' and communities' means to survive and thrive.
