1
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 comprehensive account combines more than 400 resident and tourist videos, interviews, and thorough analysis to reveal the failures that led to the disaster.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 May 2025
Too many things can go wrong, all the way up to post time, and the difference between success and disaster is thinner than the hair on the horse’s mane.
—Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Trump has been in office for 100 days and the results have been a disaster—Iowans are seeing their prices rise, jobs cut, and promises Trump made to Iowa's farmers and working families broken.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 May 2025
Too many things can go wrong, all the way up to post time, and the difference between success and disaster is thinner than the hair on the horse’s mane.
—Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Trump has been in office for 100 days and the results have been a disaster—Iowans are seeing their prices rise, jobs cut, and promises Trump made to Iowa's farmers and working families broken.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaster
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Fortunately, our plants send out signals long before this tragedy occurs.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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There were a lot of tragedies, there were a lot of difficult things that happened.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The current situation—where the market irrationally rewards the very leadership causing Tesla's decline—represents the ultimate failure of capitalism's self-correcting mechanisms.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Eighty years since the end of World War II, Amsterdam’s mayor apologized for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, the romance picks up around eight years after a zombie apocalypse.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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It’s been two years since the devastating season 1 finale of The Last of Us, HBO’s adaptation of the 2013 Naughty Dog video game that coiled its tendrils around our throats and yanked us into a bleak apocalypse.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The move, although not unexpected, was met with disappointment and anger by arts administrators who had counted on the grants to finance ongoing projects.—
Michael Paulson,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But there’s still plenty of concern and disappointment from fans who are worried about losing the friendship between Elsbeth and Kaya, which has been one of the CBS drama’s strongest elements.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
2 May 2025
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Residents of the region have long sought resolutions and recourse to this toxic calamity, especially after the EPA’s risk assessment tools underscored the links between nearby chemical exposure and poor health outcomes.—
Henna Hundal,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Take your pick which Signal group chat calamity is worse for the Trump administration.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2025
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But Monty Python remains a master of the form, and The Holy Grail's conclusion in a knight bust remains one of its purest expressions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs leads to a dangerous conspiracy, the yadang must fight to survive.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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