disaster

Definition

Examples

The flood was a disaster for many local businesses.

Word Family

Synonyms

• catastrophean event resulting in great loss and misfortune
• calamityan event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Collocations

• Easy natural disaster struck
  describing natural disaster struck (someone regarded as certain to succeed)
• Medium disaster recovery plan implemented
  describing disaster recovery plan implemented (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune)
• Hard avert an environmental disaster
  to avert an environmental disaster, meaning to prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
• Very Hard court disaster by ignoring critical signals
  to court disaster by ignoring critical signals, meaning to make amorous advances towards