1
as in catastrophe
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
hurricanes are natural disasters
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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 Bureau of Labor Statistics, which gathers the data, cautioned that the weather disasters had an impact on its survey collection.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Read: The world’s worst industrial disaster is still unfolding
Some vulnerable towns are already preparing for a future in which chemical disasters are more common.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Something analogous to one of the Mormon prophets is going to be someone who saves America from civil war and disaster.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In a complex and messy real-world nuclear or radioactive disaster, Helfand said, HOPO’s medicine could serve only as a small part of the armor against radiation.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Read: The world’s worst industrial disaster is still unfolding
Some vulnerable towns are already preparing for a future in which chemical disasters are more common.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Something analogous to one of the Mormon prophets is going to be someone who saves America from civil war and disaster.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In a complex and messy real-world nuclear or radioactive disaster, Helfand said, HOPO’s medicine could serve only as a small part of the armor against radiation.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaster
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That tragedy impacts the family deeply, especially her brother Joe, who last saw her.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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After a personal tragedy, Proffitt wanted to center LGBTQ rights in his campaign — even in a reliably Republican district.Serena Lin, Them, 4 Nov. 2024
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The other factor is the failure of the Biden administration to put an end to the Israeli wars that caused the deaths of more than 43,000 Palestinians by continuing supplies of weapons.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Characteristically, once she was married, Stewart tackled every ambition with ferocious discipline and took each failure as a personal crisis.Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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For another end of the world that features not a bang but a whimper, try Julia Armfield’s Private Rites, which stars three sisters dealing with the death of their cruel genius father in the midst of a watery apocalypse.Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Pro-democracy advocates all over the world watched with disappointment and alarm as Trump took the former course, plumbing the depths of bigotry and fear, and vowing to take vengeance.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Hearing about their dreams as well as their disappointments.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite certain calamities — like the Great Recession or the tech bubble of the early 2000s — the S&P 500 has turned into a long-term, compounding machine.Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Crusius worried that Texas — hot and dry and facing climate calamity — was being overrun by immigrants.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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Harold and the Purple Crayon—a summer family movie bust starring Zachary Levi—has found a big audience on Netflix.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Border Enforcement Security Team (BEST) assumed custody of the contraband and launched a criminal investigation into the drug bust.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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