disaster
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
Obsolete. an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet.
Origin of disaster
1synonym study For disaster
Other words for disaster
Other words from disaster
- pre·dis·as·ter, noun
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How to use disaster in a sentence
Court painter to the Spanish Crown, he is perhaps best known for his harrowing Disasters of War series.
Fifty years ago, we were just beginning to learn some important lessons from natural disasters, epidemics, and manmade tragedies.
Heed the Warnings: Why We’re on the Brink of Mass Extinction | Sean B. Carroll | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOverall, 49 percent of Americans polled stated that natural disasters were evidence of the end times.
What explains the recent spate of extreme weather events and other natural disasters?
For years she has done philanthropic work with third world countries, and those affected by major disasters.
Do not suffer yourselves to be persuaded that measures of foresight are always followed by disasters.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamYet, even against such accumulated disasters and disgraces, his vigorous and aspiring mind bore up.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe post-office strike has already shown us what deplorable disasters even a skirmish can bring about.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimThe people blame themselves for the disasters and the adversities which they endure continually.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierShall we curse steam, which has changed the face of the earth, because it has caused so many awful disasters?
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for disaster
/ (dɪˈzɑːstə) /
an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction
a thing, project, etc, that fails or has been ruined
Origin of disaster
1Derived forms of disaster
- disastrous, adjective
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