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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Recent Examples of disaster
The Agency helps to stabilize fragile regions when disaster hits outside the U.S.
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Megan Wares, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Actors like her who can somehow find purchase in pulpy disasters like this are certainly wish-list fodder for moviemakers, yet are near-impossible to find.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
The tsunami disabled three nuclear reactors, causing a nuclear disaster.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Many factors conspired to make this earthquake a disaster, including a lack of quake-proofing measures in buildings across the region.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
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Megan Wares, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Actors like her who can somehow find purchase in pulpy disasters like this are certainly wish-list fodder for moviemakers, yet are near-impossible to find.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
The tsunami disabled three nuclear reactors, causing a nuclear disaster.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Many factors conspired to make this earthquake a disaster, including a lack of quake-proofing measures in buildings across the region.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaster
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The rush occurred mere weeks before Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach’s planned announcement of their spa updates; the tragedy in Los Angeles simply moved up the timeline for the quiet, coastal community’s merits as a luxury wellness hub.—
Jessica Ourisman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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And that March, tragedy struck when three people died in a fatal crowd surge at her concert with Finesse2tymes in Rochester, N.Y.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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Related article Research team reports longest successful transplant of a pig kidney into a human A successful pig liver transplant would be a major advance for people with acute liver failure, even as a temporary bridge while awaiting a human donor organ.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Parading out amendments destined for failure is not leadership.—
Christopher Eric Bouchat,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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That backstory comes well before the suggestion of an imminent apocalypse that lends a dread-like quality to the trailer for a movie told in reverse chronological order.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The horsemen of the SaaS apocalypse are productivity gains, structural changes in software and investor sentiment.—
Ron Williams,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Speaking of that, The Electric State and its 15% score is all the way down to #9 on the list, falling faster than its competitors and while Netflix won’t say it, is undoubtedly a big disappointment for them.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Based on where expectations were at the beginning of the season, this Sabres team has been a colossal disappointment.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2025
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Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, last April’s total solar eclipse was a bust for me, and the U.K.’s weather tends to be uncooperative for celestial events, often hiding them behind thick clouds.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Alas, Benintendi has been a bust with Chicago, hitting .246/.309/.374 in two seasons as the team lost 222 games.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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