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disaster
noun as in accident, trouble
Strongest matches
calamity, catastrophe, collapse, crash, debacle, defeat, emergency, failure, fiasco, flood, harm, hazard, holocaust, mishap, setback, tragedy, woe
Strong matches
adversity, affliction, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, casualty, cataclysm, collision, depression, exigency, fall, flop, grief, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, stroke, undoing, upset, washout
Weak matches
act of God, bad luck, bad news, bad thing, fell stroke, hard luck, hot water, ill luck, the worst
Example Sentences
The same temperature-related patterns that once defined dinosaur ecosystems continued into the Paleocene epoch, guiding how life recovered after the disaster.
On July 30, 1865, just three months after the Civil War ended, disaster struck.
The rest of Sudan teeters on the edge of disaster.
But this time, seeing the disaster unfolding in front of him, he knew he had to act.
But, for the Dodgers, the blame for the disaster that was Game 1 of the World Series should not all fall upon the bullpen.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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