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disaster in English:

1. disastrous disastrous


His resignation was a disastrous decision for his team.
disastrously awry
It was a disastrous start to the season for the team.
I had an absolutely disastrous holiday.
The consequences can be disastrous.
disastrous effects
The Black Death had disastrous consequences for all of Europe.
Domestic violence has disastrous consequences for all family members.
Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
Solar storms next year could prove disastrous for the electrical grid.
The sign for siblings in Japanese sign language could well be misunderstood by many Americans with disastrous consequences.

English word "disaster"(disastrous) occurs in sets:

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2. Catastrophe Catastrophe


A catastrophe has been averted.
Few passengers survived the catastrophe.
The San Francisco earthquake was one of greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.
Death from heart disease is a catastrophe.
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, which occurred on the night of December 2, 1984 at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, is the world's worst industrial catastrophe.
Due to the catastrophe caused by the huge tsunami, damage was sustained by the nuclear reactor as well as explosions at the nuclear power plant.
Black money scandal, 11th of September, expenseuro, the Old Europe, Hartz IV, Madame Chancellor, fanmile, climatic catastrophe, financial crisis, wreckage bonus and citizen of anger are the last ten words of the year in Germany.

3. calamity calamity


Failure in one test shouldn't be regarded as a calamity.
A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
This is not going to end in calamity
state of national calamity
They will face a humanitarian calamity of their own making.
Some people believe that Santa Ana's wind can cause weird behaviour and calamity.
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity
He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Calamity Jane lived in California.