1
as in catastrophe
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
hurricanes are natural disasters
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2
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
Advertisement The next 16 years encompassed both triumph and disaster.
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Alexander Larman, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
These are great to have even outside of a disaster situation.
—Ray Petelin, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Climate and environment Two years ago voters approved a $10 billion climate bond to help California prepare for and minimize the impacts of wildfires, flooding and other disasters.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
But making homes more resilient to disaster will play an important role in stabilizing insurance prices, said Alexander Miles, associate director of state and local policy for the Southeast at Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that works to increase housing supply and quality.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Alexander Larman, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
These are great to have even outside of a disaster situation.
—Ray Petelin, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Climate and environment Two years ago voters approved a $10 billion climate bond to help California prepare for and minimize the impacts of wildfires, flooding and other disasters.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
But making homes more resilient to disaster will play an important role in stabilizing insurance prices, said Alexander Miles, associate director of state and local policy for the Southeast at Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that works to increase housing supply and quality.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaster
Noun
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In the fictional story of the Shakespeare family, their family tragedy leads Shakespeare to write Hamlet.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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And that would be the real tragedy.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Patients’ failure to take their medicine as prescribed is a major challenge that contributes to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs annually.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … SKIDDING TO SAFETY – All plane tires burst on Boeing 767 during harrowing landing failure.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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Ilana presents herself as a stout-hearted reformer who’s being targeted by fascistic insurgents but is secretly evil enough to engineer an apocalypse.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Your confidence can be a bulwark against disappointment in others in February.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Jan. 2026
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On the disappointment of 2024 In April 2024, the Chiefs traded up one spot to select Suamataia out of BYU with the 63rd overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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What calamity will summon the firefighters and medics of Station 118 to the scene?—
Rachel Kurzius,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Not so much for most of the thousands of people displaced a year ago by the twin fire calamities that hit the east and west ends of Los Angeles County.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Come back ‘an animal’ Nearly everything went wrong in 2025 for the Super Bowl-or-bust Chiefs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Probably the biggest bust of the season.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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