disaster


Definition: Meaning of, disaster in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɪˈzɑːstə /

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disaster disasters
[uncountable and countable]
  1. a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering [↪  catastrophe]
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  2. something that is very bad or a failure, especially when this is very annoying or disappointing
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disaster used in phrases

  • Heysel Stadium Disaster, the
    1. the death of 39 people at a football ground in Belgium in 1985, which happened when English football supporters started fights and caused a wall to fall down. Because of this, English teams were not allowed to play in European competitions for several years.
  • disaster area (noun)
    1. a place where a flood, storm, fire etc has happened and caused a lot of damage
    2. informal a place that is very untidy or dirty
  • disaster recovery (noun)
    1. a system or process that a company has and which it will use if something goes seriously wrong, for example if it loses large amounts of DATA from its compuer system
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