disaster :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. an act that has disastrous consequences

n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

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catastrophe, disaster

n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

debacle, fiasco

n. a sudden and violent collapse

catastrophe, cataclysm

n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

disaster

n. an act that has disastrous consequences

debacle, fiasco

n. a sudden and violent collapse

catastrophe, cataclysm

n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

catastrophe, disaster

n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

disaster

n. an act that has disastrous consequences

debacle, fiasco

n. a sudden and violent collapse

catastrophe, cataclysm

n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

adversity, hardship, hard knocks

n. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

difficulty

n. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

havoc, mayhem

n. violent and needless disturbance

scourge, curse, affliction, bane, nemesis

n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

adversity

n. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"

affliction

n. a cause of great suffering and distress

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

personnel casualty, loss

n. military personnel lost by death or capture