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
They remind us of the urgency of stopping greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate-fueled disasters and chaos in the future.
What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common | Lili Pike | September 17, 2020 | VoxPlayStation 5 pre-orders are open, but the situation is a bit of a disaster.
F5 for PS5: All your PlayStation 5 preorder links in one place | Jeff Dunn | September 17, 2020 | Ars TechnicaThe size, speed, and timing of the wildfires, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, have created a unique disaster.
“Unprecedented”: What’s behind the California, Oregon, and Washington wildfires | Umair Irfan | September 11, 2020 | VoxIt’s scenario planning for the worst-case disaster which could occur.
Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (Ep. 431) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 10, 2020 | FreakonomicsFor one of America’s biggest states, it’s the fourth decade of an accelerating disaster.
And black fury toward cops today is fueled by historic economic disparities and by the economic disaster of the past decade plus.
Also like the Air France disaster, the pilots of AirAsia had no time to issue a mayday call.
This was very blunt and surprising to hear from any official in charge of an aviation disaster.
It was an unmitigated disaster, and Lee compares it to the healthcare.gov rollout.
THE NEW YORK TIMES/JILL ABRAMSON disaster: It was messy enough when, on May 14, New York Times Co.
The small grain crops had been burned to a crisp, and disaster hung over the land.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodMobs of people filled the streets, wildly denouncing the incapability of a Government which could lead them to such disaster.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHe faced his loss with stoical fortitude, as I believe he would have confronted any disaster that life could bring.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowTo endeavor to cut through such an obstacle would undoubtedly have brought about a disaster.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
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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