1
as in catastrophe
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
hurricanes are natural disasters
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2
as in failure
something that has failed
an utter disaster, the play opened and closed on the same miserable night
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The disaster movie, led by Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing) and Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) scored another $7.1 million and is expected to gross $259 million over the four day weekend.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
It is set after the world has ended due to a cataclysmic environmental disaster and the only people left on earth are a very wealthy family –partially responsible for it — living in a plush underground bunker.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
In 2023, the United States suffered from a record-breaking $28 billion in climate disasters.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2024
The risk of more disasters is in some ways getting worse, because most of the world’s richest and most easily accessed copper deposits have by now been mined.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
It is set after the world has ended due to a cataclysmic environmental disaster and the only people left on earth are a very wealthy family –partially responsible for it — living in a plush underground bunker.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
In 2023, the United States suffered from a record-breaking $28 billion in climate disasters.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2024
The risk of more disasters is in some ways getting worse, because most of the world’s richest and most easily accessed copper deposits have by now been mined.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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