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English to English noun
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a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune |  | Example: lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system
his policies were a disaster
source: wordnet30
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | | Example: the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
the earthquake was a disaster
source: wordnet30
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an act that has disastrous consequences | | source: wordnet30
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An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To blast by the influence of a baleful star. | | source: webster1913
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