Entry Word: disaster

Function: noun

Meaning: a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction <hurricanes are natural disasters>

Synonyms calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), tragedy

Related Words collapse, crash, meltdown; convulsion, paroxysm, upheaval; accident, casualty, fatality; misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, woe; bummer, downer

Near Antonyms godsend, manna, windfall