ALL meanings of disaster
dis·as·ter
D d - noun disaster A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life. 1
- noun disaster a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure. 1
- noun disaster Obsolete. an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet. 1
- noun disaster catastrophe 1
- noun disaster bad situation 1
- countable noun disaster A disaster is a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash, especially one in which a lot of people are killed. 0
- countable noun disaster If you refer to something as a disaster, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely bad or unacceptable. 0
- uncountable noun disaster Disaster is something which has very bad consequences for you. 0
- noun disaster an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction 0
- noun disaster a thing, project, etc, that fails or has been ruined 0
- noun disaster any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity 0
- noun disaster An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment. 0
- noun disaster An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind. 0