Noun: disaster di'zã-stu(r)
- An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the earthquake was a disaster";
- calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm
- A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
"his policies were a disaster";
- catastrophe
- An act that has disastrous consequences
"The oil spill was an environmental disaster"; "The company's decision to cut corners led to a financial disaster"
Derived forms: disasters
Type of: adversity, bad luck, destruction, devastation, hard knocks [informal], hardship, misfortune
Encyclopedia: Disaster