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1. (n.) disaster
a calamitous event, esp. one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
2. disaster
Obs. an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet.
Etymology: (1585–95; < MF desastre < It disastro=dis-dis -1+astro star < L astrum < Gk ástron)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) catastrophe, disaster
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"
2. (noun) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
3. (noun) disaster
an act that has disastrous consequences
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1. (noun) disaster
an event causing serious damage, harm, or death
a nuclear disaster
2. disaster
natural disaster
a flood, earthquake, etc.
3. disaster
a very bad situation
Her first marriage was a total disaster.
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| Definition of 'Disaster' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Disaster
an unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent
2. (noun) Disaster
an adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap
3. (verb) Disaster
to blast by the influence of a baleful star
4. (verb) Disaster
to bring harm upon; to injure
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Sense: a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc
The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.
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 Afrikaans: ramp, ongeluk, rampspoed, |
 Arabic: كارِثَه، مُصيبَه |
 Bulgarian: бедствие |
 Brazilian: desastre |
 Czech: pohroma, katastrofa |
 German: die Katastrophe |
 Danish: katastrofe; ulykke |
 Greek: καταστροφή, συμφορά |
 Spanish: desastre |
 Estonian: katastroof |
 Farsi: مصیبت؛ فاجعه |
 Finnish: suuronnettomuus |
 French: désastre |
 Hebrew: אָסוֹן |
 Hindi: आपदा, विपत्ति |
 Croatian: katastrofa |
 Hungarian: katasztrófa |
 Indonesian: bencana |
 Icelandic: stórslys; náttúruhamfarir |
 Italian: disastro |
 Japanese: 災害 |
 Korean: 천재 |
 Lithuanian: (didžiulė) nelaimė, katas |
 Latvian: posts; nelaime |
 Malay: bencana |
 Dutch: ramp |
 Norwegian: katastrofe, stor ulykke |
 Polish: nieszczęście |
 Persian: مصیبت؛ فاجعه |
 Pashto: ټكه، ناوړه، پيښه، بد بختى |
 Portuguese: desastre |
 Romanian: dezastru |
 Russian: бедствие |
 Slovak: katastrofa |
 Slovenian: velika nesreča |
 Serbian: katastrofa |
 Swedish: svår olycka, katastrof |
 Thai: ความหายนะ |
 Turkish: felâket, facia |
 Taiwanese: 災難 |
 Ukrainian: лихо; катастрофа |
 Urdu: مصیبت |
 Vietnamese: tai họa |
 Chinese: 灾难 |
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