disaster

  • 31disaster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. calamity, cataclysm, misfortune, catastrophe, tragedy. See adversity, evil. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. catastrophe, accident, calamity, misfortune, mishap, debacle, cataclysm, casualty, mischance,… …

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  • 32disaster — noun 1》 a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. 2》 an event or fact leading to ruin or failure.     ↘informal a complete failure: my perm is a total disaster. Origin C16: from Ital. disastro ill… …

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  • 33Disaster — Desaster Die Bezeichnung Desaster für ein Unglück oder einen katastrophalen Misserfolg leitet sich ab vom franz. désastre. Dieses ist wiederum dem italienischen disastro = Unstern entlehnt, in welchem das lateinische Wort für Stern , astrum,… …

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  • 34disaster*/ — [dɪˈzɑːstə] noun 1) [C/U] something very bad that happens and causes a lot of damage or kills a lot of people A series of disasters forced the company to close down.[/ex] natural disasters (= floods, earthquakes etc)[/ex] 2) [C] a very bad or… …

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  • 35disaster — ekstremalusis įvykis statusas Aprobuotas sritis civilinė sauga apibrėžtis Nustatytus kriterijus atitinkantis, pasiekęs ar viršijęs gamtinis, techninis, ekologinis ar socialinis įvykis, kuris kelia pavojų gyventojų gyvybei ar sveikatai, jų… …

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  • 36disaster — See also common disaster, (common) …

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  • 37disaster — See also common disaster, (common) …

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  • 38disaster — [16] The word disaster has astrological connotations. It comes, perhaps via French désastre, from Italian disastro; this was a backformation from disastrato, literally ‘ill starred’, a compound adjective formed from the pejorative prefix dis and… …

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  • 39Disaster medicine — is the area of physician medical specialization serving the dual areas of providing medical care to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response and disaster recovery leadership… …

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  • 40Disaster (song) — Disaster Single by JoJo from the album Jumping Trains Released …

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