All disaster synonyms

noun disaster

• accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
• holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
• mishap — an unfortunate accident.
• flood — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• debacle — A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
• setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• tragedy — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
• undoing — the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
• misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
• collision — A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something.
• stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• blight — You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
• bale — A bale is a large quantity of something such as hay, cloth, or paper, tied together tightly.
• bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
• cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
• rock — rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
• adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• shambles — a shambling gait.
• farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• act of god — An act of God is an event that is beyond human control, especially one in which something is damaged or someone is hurt.
• bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.