disasters

noun

plural of disaster
1
as in catastrophes
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction hurricanes are natural disasters

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2
as in failures
something that has failed an utter disaster, the play opened and closed on the same miserable night

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Recent Examples of disasters Peace emphasized that such disasters have a lasting impact. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 26 June 2026 All three died in the storm that claimed eight lives across multiple expeditions in what was one of Everest's deadliest disasters at the time. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 When disasters occur so singular that neither Putin nor the Russian public can ignore them, the reality itself shifts. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Cheap financial capital has flooded into the industry, lowering the cost of protecting against disasters, but Bäte thinks the trend cannot continue forever. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 City leaders recognize the difficulty for families and communities dealing with vacant disasters. — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 July 2026 The rain and the plumbing disasters and the reservation-system crises and Richie’s inability to cancel anyone’s dinner all come right on top of one another, illustrating how frightening and overwhelming the day has become. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Founded after the devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the nonprofit brigade operates independently and has earned an international reputation for deploying to major disasters at home and abroad. — Fernanda Pesce, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disasters
  1. catastrophes
  2. failures
  3. tragedies
  4. disappointments
  5. apocalypses
  6. bombs
  7. calamities
  8. losers
Noun
  • Prominent voices fear that the end result of the transformative technology is a job bloodbath and national security catastrophes, while others believe a new era of productivity is ready to be unlocked, with society living longer and healthier lives.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Healthcare registers the effects of climate catastrophes, ecosystem failures and food shortages that also fuel political and social crises.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of catastrophes
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  • According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Spence also appears to be absorbing the blame for broader failures, with Thomas Tuchel’s touchline frustrations obvious and — for a player still establishing himself at this level — that scrutiny is unlikely to help.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • Beyond the solidarity such tragedies inspire and the accompanying political rhetoric, Rodríguez has little room to turn away any government willing to lend a hand during this crisis.
    — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Recent incidents across North Texas show just how quickly these tragedies unfold and why having a plan matters.
    — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Definition of tragedies
Noun
  • The Braves are finally good again after a series of disappointments.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Engagement is nonnegotiable; the only real choice is whether to pair cash with deep understanding or keep deploying context-blind models and relive the same disappointments.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of disappointments
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  • Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of apocalypses
Noun
  • Four were acquitted of rioting while one, Christopher Gillen, 45, was convicted of riot and tossing fire bombs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Frazier eagerly reposted a vile lie claiming Israelis drop bombs disguised as toys to murder children—originally posted by a UK activist facing terror charges for backing Hamas.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of bombs
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  • There have been few comments about improvements or calamities, other than the usual notes that battery life was reduced immediately after installation, which is commonplace.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • To grade the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their relative natural disaster risks, five measures were developed that account for the frequency and damage of calamities, weighted against population and geographic size.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026
Definition of calamities
Noun
  • Winners, losers, and the suppliers caught in between Rivals are catching on.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 July 2026
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