common disaster

American  

noun

Insurance.

1. the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.

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Example Sentences

Though joined by common disaster, they are meet-cute opposites: Odessa blingy, fatalistic and cool; Angela nerdy, anxious and eager to please.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022

“If it was only for Japanese people we can say ‘an earthquake has occurred,’” said Kazuki Matsumoto, an official at the land ministry, describing a common disaster announcement.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021

Each of the country’s over 30 million small businesses has unique needs and challenges in the face of a common disaster.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2020

We need the universities and we sympathize with their financial problems, but we beg to differ on the thesis of common disaster ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

First that Ireland, sharing the common disaster, must endure with her defeated partner all the evils that a great overthrow must inflict upon the United Kingdom.

From The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 by Casement, Roger