DISASTER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an act that has disastrous consequences
   Hypernyms(s) disaster is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • destruction (what does destruction mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
   Synonym(s)
   • calamity (what does calamity mean?)
   • cataclysm (what does cataclysm mean?)
   • catastrophe (what does catastrophe mean?)
   • tragedy (what does tragedy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
   • the earthquake was a disaster
   Hypernyms(s) disaster is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misfortune (what does misfortune mean?)
   • bad luck (what does bad luck mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • act of God (what does act of God mean?)
   • force majeure (what does force majeure mean?)
   • vis major (what does vis major mean?)
   • inevitable accident (what does inevitable accident mean?)
   • unavoidable casualty (what does unavoidable casualty mean?)
   • apocalypse (what does apocalypse mean?)
   • famine (what does famine mean?)
   • kiss of death (what does kiss of death mean?)
   • meltdown (what does meltdown mean?)
   • plague (what does plague mean?)
   • visitation (what does visitation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
   Synonym(s)
   • catastrophe (what does catastrophe mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system
   • his policies were a disaster
   Hypernyms(s) disaster is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adversity (what does adversity mean?)
   • hardship (what does hardship mean?)
   • hard knocks (what does hard knocks mean?)