1
as in catastrophes
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
hurricanes are natural disasters
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as in failures
something that has failed
an utter disaster, the play opened and closed on the same miserable night
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Recent Examples of disasters
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume staff cuts that were briefly paused during January’s severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers, stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers.
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
But bill supporters say more work needs to be done to protect communities from any more railway disasters.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
In situations such as disasters, having a diversity of perspectives in mapmaking is essential to serving the needs of the community.
—Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
The Valdez oil spill was one of history’s worst environmental and public relations disasters.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
The juvenile hall doesn’t have emergency plans for fires or other disasters.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
And more extreme weather means costlier disasters for American communities, from tracking warning signs to running clean up in the aftermath.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Public trust in nuclear power remains fragile because of past disasters and scandals.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Much of the public discourse surrounding disasters such as last year’s fires focuses on blame, but Andrews considers that framing incomplete.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
But bill supporters say more work needs to be done to protect communities from any more railway disasters.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
In situations such as disasters, having a diversity of perspectives in mapmaking is essential to serving the needs of the community.
—Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
The Valdez oil spill was one of history’s worst environmental and public relations disasters.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
The juvenile hall doesn’t have emergency plans for fires or other disasters.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
And more extreme weather means costlier disasters for American communities, from tracking warning signs to running clean up in the aftermath.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Public trust in nuclear power remains fragile because of past disasters and scandals.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Much of the public discourse surrounding disasters such as last year’s fires focuses on blame, but Andrews considers that framing incomplete.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disasters
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Any negotiation that is seen as overly rewarding aggression will set in motion catastrophes all over the world.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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However, within resources available, countries can build disaster and health response capabilities to mitigate physical and biological catastrophes.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Cowboys’ owner and general manager saw the failures in his defense during the 2025 season.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department has acknowledged these redaction failures.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Ensuring safe separation between aircraft is vital to preventing tragedies like the collision over the Potomac River, and reports of serious safety concerns from airline pilots paint a troubling picture of safety over Burbank in particular.—
Marc Scribner,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026
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After many tragedies, the UK’s National Health Service is doing precisely the opposite.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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There is something disorienting about treading water as your date catalogues their personal disappointments, each one hitting like a splash from the diving board.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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And captured the essence of a player who traveled a road filled with disappointments and setbacks but always believed in himself.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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One person was killed and two others were injured in an overnight Russian attack using drones and powerful glide bombs on the central Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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One person was killed and two others were injured in an overnight Russian attack using drones and powerful glide bombs on the central Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha.—
Kamila Hrabchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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What Trump is most certainly reviewing is the viability of Noem as a Cabinet secretary, who has rapidly become a scapegoat for the predictable calamities of the high-visibility deployment of border guards as SWAT troops in urban centers.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
27 Jan. 2026
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The calamities of war shuttered many of the earliest kissa, as entire collections of jazz records were lost.—
Nneka M. Okona,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Jan. 2026
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The public and private markets have decided that infrastructure companies and the top model developers are the AI winners, while software companies are the likely losers, regardless of how strong their businesses may look today.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investors are starting to pick AI winners and losers.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Disasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disasters. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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