disaster
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
Noun 4 meanings
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
“People would suffer disasters when society's morality degenerates.”
An unfortunate or unpleasant occurrence, especially one resulting from an accident or something going wrong.
An wholly unsatisfactory result caused by something going wrong or being done poorly; a flop or failure.
“the cake was a disaster.”
A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return in the ramp.
Etymology
From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
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DISASTER at a glance
DISASTER has 8 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + A 1 + S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,615 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with disaster
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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