DISASTER Synonyms

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

• an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• a state of misfortune or affliction

• a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

• the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

• a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

• something causing misery or death

• a state or condition being blighted

• any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting

• cause to suffer a blight

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• a sudden and violent collapse

• flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

• a sound defeat

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• an event that completely destroys something

• a final state

• the state of being decayed or destroyed

• the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

• an event that results in total destruction

• plundering with excessive damage and destruction

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• an act that fails

• an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

• lack of success

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• an unexpected omission

• inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

• loss of ability to function normally

• a sudden and violent collapse

• violent and needless disturbance

• unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

• an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

• an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

• an instance of misfortune

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of