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disaster
noun
1 disaster
A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune:
— His policies were a disaster.
synonym: catastrophe.
2 disaster
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune:
— The earthquake was a disaster.
synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy.
Roget 735:
adversity,
evil
etc.
619;
failure
etc.
732;
bad luck,
ill luck,
evil luck,
adverse luck,
hard fortune,
hard hap,
hard luck,
hard lot;
frowns of fortune;
evil dispensation,
evil star,
evil genius†;
vicissitudes of life,
ups and downs of life,
broken fortunes;
hard case,
hard lines,
hard life;
sea of troubles;
peck of troubles;
hell upon earth;
slough of despond.
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight,
blast,
load,
pressure.
pressure of the times,
iron age,
evil day,
time out of joint;
hard times,
bad times,
sad times;
rainy day,
cloud,
dark cloud,
gathering clouds,
ill wind;
visitation,
infliction;
affliction
etc.
(painfulness)
830;
bitter pill;
care,
trial;
the sport of fortune.
mishap,
mischance,
misadventure,
misfortune;
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe;
accident,
casualty,
cross,
reverse,
check,
contretemps,
rub;
backset†,
comedown,
setback [U.S.].
losing game;
falling
etc.
v.;
fall,
downfall;
ruination,
ruinousness;
undoing;
extremity;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
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Roget 619:
evil,
ill,
harm,
hurt. ,
mischief,
nuisance;
machinations of the devil,
Pandora's box,
ills that flesh is heir to.
blow,
buffet,
stroke,
scratch,
bruise,
wound,
gash,
mutilation;
mortal blow,
wound;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.];
damage,
loss
etc.
(deterioration)
659.
disadvantage,
prejudice,
drawback.
disaster,
accident,
casualty;
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
bad job,
devil to pay;
calamity,
bale,
catastrophe,
tragedy;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162;
adversity
etc.
735.
mental suffering
etc.
828.
demon
etc.
980.
(Evil spirit)
bane,
etc.
663
(cause of evil).
badness,
etc.
649
(Production of Evil);
painfulness,
etc.
830;
evil doer,
etc.
913.
outrage,
wrong,
injury,
foul play;
bad turn,
ill turn;
disservice,
spoliation
etc.
791;
grievance,
crying evil.
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Dutch: calamiteit, onheil, rampspoed, catastrofe, ecologische ramp, ramp, drama, tragedie, treurspel
Polish: cios, dramat, nieszczęście, tragedia, zguba
3 disaster
An act that has disastrous consequences.
Moby thesaurus: accident, act of God, adversity, apoplexy, blow, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, climax, collapse, collision, contretemps, convulsion, crack-up, crash, debacle, diastrophism, distress, fatal accident, fatality, fit, grief, ill hap, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, overthrow, paroxysm, pileup, quake, reverse, rocks, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, spasm, staggering blow, stroke, temblor, tidal wave, total loss, tragedy, trouble, tsunami, upheaval, violent death, washout, wrack, wreck ... show more.
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