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Disaster   /dɪzˈæstər/   Listen
noun
Disaster  n.  
1.
An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. (Obs.) "Disasters in the sun."
2.
An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. "But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger."
Synonyms: Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See Calamity.


verb
Disaster  v. t.  
1.
To blast by the influence of a baleful star. (Obs.)
2.
To bring harm upon; to injure. (R.)





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"Disaster" Quotes from Famous Books



... had to keep moving to keep near her, loaded as they were, but at last they arrived at the scene of Jack's disaster. ...
— Fifty-Two Stories For Girls • Various
... mistress, and a friend, A phoenix, captain, and an enemy, A guide, a goddess, and a sovereign, A counsellor, a traitress, and a dear: His humble ambition, proud humility, His jarring concord, and his discord dulcet, His faith, his sweet disaster; with a world Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms, That blinking Cupid gossips. Now shall he— I know not what he shall:—God send him well!— The court's a learning-place;—and he ...
— All's Well That Ends Well • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... was started as an imitation of Monte Carlo, but caused such disaster that it was suppressed. The Lisbon officials now visit it once a year to see that there is no gambling going on; the owners know when they sail and remove the tables, and after the "inspection" is over and the officials have returned home, business is resumed in safety ...
— A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel • S. G. Bayne
... his hand. "Say that again with your hand in mine. Promise me that, whatever disaster I bring you, you will remember that ...
— Montlivet • Alice Prescott Smith
... volcano, as described in the last chapter, the settlers resolved to proceed, under the guidance of Malines as captain, and Morris as mate, to the port for which they had originally been bound when the disaster on Refuge Islands ...
— The Island Queen • R.M. Ballantyne


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