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disaster

(d/I/'z/&/st/@/r )

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune(noun.state)

Example:
His policies were a disaster.

Synonym:
catastrophe

source: wordnet30
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune(noun.event)

Example:
The earthquake was a disaster.

Synonym:
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy

source: wordnet30
an act that has disastrous consequences(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.(noun)

source: webster1913

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