Related Words for disasters

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Word	Syllables	Categories
catastrophe	x/xx	Noun, Noun
calamity	x/xx	Noun, Noun
cataclysm	/xxx	Noun, Noun
tragedy	/xx	Noun, Noun
natural disaster	/xxx/x	Phrase, Noun
devastation	xx/x	Noun
hurricanes	/xx	Noun
misfortunes	x/x	Noun
accidents	/xx	Noun
destruction	x/x	Noun
crises	/x	Noun
disastrous	x/x	Adjective
floods	/	Noun
failures	/x	Noun
storms	/	Noun
explosions	x/x	Noun
mishaps	/x	Noun
landslides	/x	Noun
typhoons	x/	Noun
deaths	/	Noun
earthquakes	/x	Noun
disruptions	x/x	Noun
fatalities	x/xx	Noun
destroyed	x/	Verb
crashes	/x	Noun
losses	/x	Noun
hazards	/x	Noun
casualties	/xxx	Noun
destructive	x/x	Adjective
shipwrecks	/x	Noun
dangers	/x	Noun
apocalyptic	xxx/x	Noun
damages	/xx	Noun
tsunamis	x/x	Noun
floodwaters	/xx	Noun
incidents	/xx	Noun
adversities	x/xx	Noun
calamitous	x/xx	Adjective
miseries	/xx	Noun
apocalypse	x/xx	Noun
death toll	//	Phrase, Noun
ruination	/x/x	Noun
distresses	x/x	Noun
horrors	/x	Noun
wildfires	/xx	Noun
collisions	x/x	Noun
events	x/	Noun
ruptures	/x	Noun
instabilities	xx/xx	Noun
demolitions	xx/x	Noun
upheavals	x/x	Noun
occurrences	x/xx	Noun
ruins	/x	Noun
hardships	/x	Noun
emergencies	x/xx	Noun
flash flood	//	Phrase, Noun
famines	/x	Noun
droughts	/	Noun
chernobyl	x/x	Name
impending	x/x	Verb
plagues	/	Noun
triumphs	/x	Noun
epidemics	xx/x	Noun
defeats	x/	Noun
averting	x/x	Verb
bhopal	x/	Name
wrecks	/	Noun
cyclones	x/	Noun
humiliations	xxx/x	Noun
made	/	Adjective
litany	/xx	Noun
overtook	xx/	Verb
mitigation	xx/x	Noun
portents	/x	Noun
fires	/x	Noun
scandals	/x	Noun
reverses	x/x	Noun
blunders	/x	Noun
setbacks	/x	Noun
natural	/xx	Noun, Adjective
spills	/	Noun
disappointments	xx/x	Noun
afflicting	x/x	Verb
unmitigated	x/xxx	Adjective
wars	/	Noun
traumas	/x	Noun
preparedness	x/xx	Noun
victims	/x	Noun
forward	/x	Noun
aftermath	/xx	Noun
eruptions	x/x	Noun
consequent	/xx	Noun
foretold	x/	Verb
irretrievable	xx/xx	Adjective
unforeseeable	xx/xx	Adjective
survivors	x/x	Noun
vulnerability	xxx/xx	Noun
stave	/	Verb
looming	/x	Verb
deadliest	/xx	Adjective
harvests	/x	Noun
ensue	x/	Verb
see	/	Verb
avoidable	x/xx	Adjective
preventable	x/xx	Adjective
catalogue	/xx	Noun
beset	x/	Verb
terrorism	/xxx	Noun
unforeseen	xx/	Adjective
spate	/	Noun
claims	/	Noun, Verb
collapses	x/x	Verb, Noun
doomsday	/x	Noun, Adjective
embarrassments	x/xx	Noun
panics	/x	Noun
perils	/x	Noun
phenomena	x/xx	Noun
ravages	/xx	Noun
relief	x/	Noun, Adjective
shambles	/x	Noun
shocks	/	Noun
shortfalls	/x	Noun
special	/x	Adjective, Noun, Verb
sufferings	/xx	Noun
troubles	/x	Noun
woes	/	Noun