Look up: disaster

1. Disaster
   (1) An act of nature or an act of man which is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant emergency assistance. (2) A disruption of the human ecology which the affected community cannot absorb with its own resources.
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2. disaster
   [n] - an act that has disastrous consequences
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3. Disaster
   A catastrophic event characterised by the fact that the casualties usually outweigh the facilities for treating them.
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4. disaster
   the result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid; -DDMG Category: Ma...
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5. Disaster
   Major disturbances in the life of a community or population which occur sufficiently often to leave their record in the 'genetic memory' of the population (cf. Catastrophe).
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6. Disaster
   Dis·as'ter noun [ French désastre ; prefix dés- (L. dis- ) + astre star, from Latin astrum ; a word of astrological origin. See Aster , Astral , Star .] 1. An unpropitious or baleful...
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7. Disaster
   Dis·as'ter transitive verb 1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [ Obsolete] Sir P. Sidney. 2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [ R.] Thomson.
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8. disaster
   1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. 'Disasters in the sun.' (Shak) ... 2. An adverse or unfortunate event, especially. A sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. 'But noble souls, through ...
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9. disaster
   noun an act that has disastrous consequences
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10. disaster
    an event which causes great harm, damage or death; catastrophe
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11. disaster
    (dĭ-zas´tәr) a situation that produces damage and varying amounts of destruction; there is a three-tiered classification for disasters, based on the number of casualties. See also emergency.
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12. Disaster
    • (v. t.) To blast by the influence of a baleful star. • (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. • (n.) An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill...
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13. Disaster
    It is a points game where the winner is the one who has collected the minimum points as points are given for bad shots.
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14. Disaster
    Any incident that causes a severe disruption to the working environment of a business or organisational unit, as defined by the facilities and personnel, which results in an inability to function or to provide service to internal or external customers.
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15. Disaster
    A critical event that may have an impact on the business such as to significantly reduce its ability to operate, its reputation or its financial security.
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16. Disaster
    A `disaster` is a natural or man-made date=March 2011-->, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment (biophysical)|environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event with great...
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17. Disaster
    (album) `Disaster` is the second album of the Pennsylvania rock band Katsu. Disaster was recorded from August - October 2003 in Danville, Pennsylvania, and was released in the United States in 2004. Track listing: #"Cold Stop" - 3:11 #"She Took" - 3:01 #"...
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