DISASTER Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

disaster

noun

di-ˈza-stər

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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 Simi Valley and Calabasas landfills had previously accepted disaster debris from the Woolsey fire, which destroyed over 1,600 buildings in 2018. —

Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 At this time last season, Phoenix was 29-21, below title expectations but far from a disaster. —

Doug Haller, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025 What technology being is now being utilized to deliver humanitarian aid to people who are out of reach during disasters? —

CNN, 6 Feb. 2025 The Olympic, nearly identical to the Titanic, faced its own challenges following the disaster, including a mutiny among crew members concerned about the lack of lifeboats. —

Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for disaster

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In many ways, Payne’s life and death have the familiar contours of a pop tragedy: a young artist, whose talents were often at odds with his demons, experiencing the apex of stardom as well as its depths.

— Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
That applies, too, to the unusual case of the Jews, scattered to the winds and reconvening 2,000 years (and one extraordinary tragedy) later in Israel.

— Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025