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
Those improvements include pipe insulation, walls, attics, weather stripping doors and windows and installing storm windows to prevent future disasters.
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Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Geomorphologist Dan Shugar and his team used NASA-USGS Landsat satellites to pin the disaster on the rapid retreat of the South Sawyer Glacier.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
The seemingly limitless budgets and bottomless demand for content of the streaming television era have allowed studios to dramatize both long-ago and recent disasters.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
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Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Geomorphologist Dan Shugar and his team used NASA-USGS Landsat satellites to pin the disaster on the rapid retreat of the South Sawyer Glacier.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
The seemingly limitless budgets and bottomless demand for content of the streaming television era have allowed studios to dramatize both long-ago and recent disasters.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaster
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For much the same reason, developers, architects and builders are starting to stress proactively designing for climate catastrophe.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Local elections in England are usually low-stakes affairs, but this year’s results proved to be a catastrophe for the Labour Party.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The Virginia house of burgesses voted to thank him and the militia for their service, with the lawmakers attributing the defeat to the failure of the other colonies to come to Virginia’s aid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Rory McIlroy thinks back on three holes — his failure to birdie the par-5 ninth and the par-5 16th, and a big miss in his biggest moment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Those intentions prove to be relatively short-lived, as personal tragedy and political machinations eventually drove both men down their familiar old paths.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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One year after a fire at a religious hospice claimed the lives of 12 children, Mariel and Tino – a pair of documentary filmmakers – investigate the case of Gisela, the young volunteer who caused the tragedy and whom everyone believes to be dead.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Teams are at the center of the action when competing against another, complete with the celebrations and disappointments that are the hallmarks of any game show.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Fitzgerald said there’s no lingering disappointment following last weekend’s three losses, just excitement as his team attempts to claim the league title ahead of the postseason Big 12 tourney and NCAAs.—
Gary Bedore
May 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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That presentiment lies behind the many present expressions of apocalypse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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This helped to set off the SaaS apocalypse.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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That monetary intervention poured fuel on the 1999 tech rally, which then went bust in 2000.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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In fossil fuel extraction zones — the Permian Basin in Texas, the Bakken fields of North Dakota, oil regions across the Middle East — lights flicker violently in sync with drilling booms and busts, bearing little relation to broader economic trends.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Back in the late ’90s, the Federal Reserve (and everyone else) was sweating a potential Y2K calamity.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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All the sweeping expansiveness snaps shut with a sudden health crisis for Kristen, its onset signaled with masterful concision in a middle-of-the-night calamity that leaves her helpless.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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“Disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaster. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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