disaster

disaster
n
1. catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, terrible accident or occurrence, Sl. curtains; shock, blow, heavy or staggering or nasty blow, buffet, stroke, fell stroke, stroke of ill or bad luck or fortune; mishap, mischance, misfortune, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter; accident, casualty, glitch; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, comedown, bringdown, bitter pill.
2. cataclysm, convulsion, spasm, upheaval, eruption, sudden violent change or disturbance; debacle, collapse, downfall, breakdown, break up.
3. flood, deluge, inundation, washout, engulfment, alluvion, alluvium; avalanche, landslide, mudslide; earthquake, quake; typhoon, hurricane: tidal wave, tsunami; cyclone, tornado, Inf. twister.
4.(all of performances, entertainment, etc.) failure, fiasco, Inf. flop, Inf. fizzle, Inf. dud, Inf. washout, Sl. bomb, Sl. turkey.
5. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, wrack and ruin, desolation; trouble, trouble and strife, sea of troubles, hardship, storm and stress; infelicity, ill or bad luck, hard luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark star or cloud, storm clouds.

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