disaster

Letters that make disaster

s, a, d, e, r, t, i are letters that make 'disaster'

Words within disaster

ER, aster, te, SA, SAS, DISA, disa, as, AS, Dis, As, Er, Te are words within 'disaster'

Anagrams of disaster

diasters, disrates are anagrams of 'disaster'


3 possible definitions for 'disaster'

Disaster as "a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune"

Under this definition, disaster is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

catastrophe has the same meaning as disaster

disaster as a type

'disaster' can be a type of adversity, hardship, hard knocks.

Example of disaster used within this context

"lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system", "his policies were a disaster"


Disaster as "an event resulting in great loss and misfortune"

Under this definition, disaster is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm have the same meaning as 'disaster'

disaster as a type

'disaster' can be a type of misfortune, bad luck.

Types of disaster

visitation, plague, force majeure, vis major, tidal wave, act of God, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, apocalypse, famine, kiss of death, meltdown, tsunami are types of 'disaster'.

Derivatives of disaster

fatal, fateful, black, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, calamitous, disastrous, tragic, tragical are derivatives of 'disaster'.

Example of disaster used within this context

"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity", "the earthquake was a disaster"


Disaster as "an act that has disastrous consequences"

Under this definition, disaster is a noun and has the following properties:

disaster as a type

'disaster' can be a type of destruction, devastation.



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