disasters

NOUN

accident, trouble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calamity catastrophe collapse crash debacle defeat emergency failure fiasco flood harm hazard holocaust mishap setback tragedy woe

STRONG

adversity affliction bale bane blight blow bust casualty cataclysm collision depression exigency fall flop grief misadventure mischance misfortune reverse rock rough ruin ruination slip stroke undoing upset washout

WEAK

act of God bad luck bad news fell stroke hard luck hot water ill luck the worst

Antonyms

STRONGEST

achievement advantage attainment benefit blessing boon good fortune good luck happiness joy miracle success victory win wonder

STRONG

aid building creation encouragement fortune health help prosperity triumph

Example Sentences

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Created in 1990, T.P.S. protects immigrants who are unable to return to their home countries because of violence, natural disasters or other great danger.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Movement on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate caused the magnitude 7 earthquake in 2010 in Haiti that killed 316,000 people, one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

And all are scarred by natural disasters that are becoming all too frequent as the world heats up.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A 1990 law lets the Secretary of Homeland Security provide quasi-legal status to migrants if they can’t safely return to their home countries because of armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other “extraordinary and temporary conditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The effect of his injury on the masters seemed deeper than after other disasters I remembered there.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles