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as in fatal
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a split-second, disastrous decision that I would forever regret
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as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
a disastrous fire from which the town never fully recovered
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Recent Examples of disastrous
Equally, an investor does not need to believe in Bitcoin to understand that aggressively betting against it could be disastrous.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The whole Pride Night controversy started two weeks ago when four players wrote Bible verses on their rainbow hats, and the fallout ever since has been disastrous.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Banks, whose leaders have long raised similar concerns, have been collaborating with the Treasury Department and Fed for years to develop other ways financial institutions could transfer funds in the event of a potentially disastrous outage.
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Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
Seventy-eight women and girls were killed in this disastrous explosion.
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Christopher Derose,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for disastrous
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The whole Pride Night controversy started two weeks ago when four players wrote Bible verses on their rainbow hats, and the fallout ever since has been disastrous.
—
Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Banks, whose leaders have long raised similar concerns, have been collaborating with the Treasury Department and Fed for years to develop other ways financial institutions could transfer funds in the event of a potentially disastrous outage.
—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
Seventy-eight women and girls were killed in this disastrous explosion.
—
Christopher Derose,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disastrous
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The fatal attack came 16 days later.
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Detectives identified James Goodman, 39, and Devinae Mitchell, 26, both of Hercules, as suspects in the fatal shooting, police said.
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The Battle of the Gullet proves devastating for the Blacks, even if the blockade remains intact.
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In 1876, at the Centennial, the United States was still recovering from a devastating Civil War.
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The injury was an unfortunate occurrence in his World Cup debut and could affect Sweden’s chances going forward.
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The mini-slump in Eugene coincides with the aforementioned downturn in Spokane to create an unfortunate stretch for college basketball in the Pacific Northwest.
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Historically, the country has experienced destructive earthquakes, including the 1967 Caracas earthquake, which killed hundreds and caused severe damage in the capital.
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Since her passing, Sonoma County experienced the most destructive wildfires in California history in 2017, only for another, more destructive fire to surpass it a year later.
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More than half of the nearly 12 million population is experiencing crisis, emergency or catastrophic levels of hunger, the World Bank said, while social assistance programs reached fewer than one in 10 Haitians.
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America has been rushing into an artificial intelligence future without much of a plan to stop what could be catastrophic job losses.
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrous. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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