Disaster - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈzæstər|  American pronunciation of the word disaster
Brit.  |dɪˈzɑːstə|  British pronunciation of the word disaster

noun

- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune (syn: catastrophe)
his policies were a disaster
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune (syn: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy)
the earthquake was a disaster
- an act that has disastrous consequences

Extra examples

The program examined several bridge failures and other engineering disasters.

The new regulations could be a disaster for smaller businesses.

They're trying to find a way to avoid disaster.

The dinner party was a complete disaster.

One hundred and twenty people died in China's worst air disaster.

The oil spill was a disaster for Alaskan sea animals.

The 1987 hurricane was the worst natural disaster to hit England for decades.

Their expedition nearly ended in disaster, when one of the climbers slid off the mountain.

The drought could spell disaster for wildlife.

Disaster struck when two men were killed during their parachute jumps.

The peace process was on the brink of disaster.

Luckily the pilot saw the other plane just in time, and a disaster was narrowly averted.

Because of the weather, the parade was a total disaster.

The evening was an unmitigated disaster (=a complete failure).

The cuts in funding will be a disaster for the schools.

Word forms

noun
singular: disaster
plural: disasters
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