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disaster
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As a noun, disaster means an unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
Meanings of disaster
4 meaningsnoun
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
“People would suffer disasters when society's morality degenerates.”
An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
“lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system”
“his policies were a disaster”
Similar: catastropheAn act that has disastrous consequences
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).