Etymology: [ di-zas-t&r, -sas- ] (noun.) 1591. From Italian disastro, disaster; originally meaning "unfavourable to one's stars", from dis-, bad (compare dys-), + astro, star, celestial body, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron.
Synonyms: act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat
Antonyms: blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder
An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind, 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, A sudden or disruptive event or set of events that overtaxes a community's resources so that outside aid is necessary (See page(s) 554), 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), Preparedness, any incident or event (e g , fire, earthquake, tornado, terrorism) that results in a major (multi-day) interruption of operations at one or more contact or data centers, Generally associated with grinding You do a disaster when you jump high (possibly doing a grab), land and grind, catastrophe, misfortune, calamity, Some condition that brings down all Passport network servers at a domain authority (for example, a large-scale power failure) Such a disaster might prevent access to certain parts of your site or strand users at a "404" page when they are trying to reach the Login server You may wish to switch Passport Manager to stand-alone mode in case of such a disaster, 1 fast sudden change 2 specific changes of nature in earth, To blast by the influence of a baleful star, An irreparable loss of data from a database, An adverse or unfortunate event, esp, An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent, A halfpipe lip trick where one lands with the coping perpendicular to the snowboard Originated in skateboarding when skaters would land on the coping and allow their skateboard trucks (axle) to hang-up With no trucks it's really not a disaster, but we'll call it that anyway, a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap, To bring harm upon; to injure, literally "bad stars"; particularly suitable in reference to a major asteroid impact, an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster", an act that has disastrous consequences, Any event that creates an inability on an organizations part to provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time SIMILAR TERMS: Business Interruption; Outage; Catastrophe, 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", If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences, A disaster is a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash, especially one in which a lot of people are killed. It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months = tragedy, emphasis If you refer to something as a disaster, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely bad or unacceptable. The whole production was just a disaster! = catastrophe, Disaster is something which has very bad consequences for you. The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster = catastrophe, Some condition that brings down all NET Passport network servers (for example, a large-scale power failure) Such a disaster might prevent access to certain parts of your site or strand users at a "404" page when they are trying to reach the Login server You may wish to switch Passport Manager to stand-alone mode in case of such a disaster, An unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins Wars and civil disturbances that destroy homelands and displace people are included among the causes of disasters Other causes can be: building collapse, blizzard, drought, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, fire, flood, hazardous material or transportation incident (such as a chemical spill), hurricane, nuclear incident, tornado, or volcano FEMA:Disaster Assistance Programs, A condition in which an information resource is unavailable, as a result of a natural or man-made occurrence, that is of sufficient duration to cause significant disruption in the accomplishment of agency program objectives, as determined by agency management, Any real or anticipated occurrence which endangers the lies, safety, welfare and well-being of some or all of the people and cannot be brought under control by the use of all regular Municipal Government services and resources, A lip trick where one gets "hung up" on the coping, most often with the board perpendicular to the coping, A calamity caused by accident, fire, explosion, or technical failure, or by the forces of nature that has resulted in serious harm to the health, safety or welfare of people, or in widespread damage to property (as defined in the Emergency Program Act), Situations which cause massive loss of life or economic damage Natural disasters include droughts, earthquakes and floods, An unexpected occurance inflicting widespread destruction and distress and having long-term adverse effects on agency operations Each agency defines what a long-term adverse effect is in relation to its most critical program, (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, a manifestation of an interaction between extreme physical or natural phenomena and a vulnerable human group that results in general disruption and destruction, loss of life and livelihood and injury (Tilling, Volcanic Hazards, fig 1 1, p 3), plural of disaster, Dealing with claims for injury and damage to property caused by natural or man-made disasters, 2001 Natural Disaster Reference Database See also World Disasters News Map check icons or headlines! Check the Timeline too! CBS News Disasters Links - comprehensive and well organised site,
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An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind - "A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster."
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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
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A sudden or disruptive event or set of events that overtaxes a community's resources so that outside aid is necessary (See page(s) 554)
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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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Preparedness
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any incident or event (e g , fire, earthquake, tornado, terrorism) that results in a major (multi-day) interruption of operations at one or more contact or data centers
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Generally associated with grinding You do a disaster when you jump high (possibly doing a grab), land and grind
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catastrophe, misfortune, calamity isim
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Some condition that brings down all Passport network servers at a domain authority (for example, a large-scale power failure) Such a disaster might prevent access to certain parts of your site or strand users at a "404" page when they are trying to reach the Login server You may wish to switch Passport Manager to stand-alone mode in case of such a disaster
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1 fast sudden change 2 specific changes of nature in earth
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To blast by the influence of a baleful star
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An irreparable loss of data from a database
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An adverse or unfortunate event, esp
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An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent
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A halfpipe lip trick where one lands with the coping perpendicular to the snowboard Originated in skateboarding when skaters would land on the coping and allow their skateboard trucks (axle) to hang-up With no trucks it's really not a disaster, but we'll call it that anyway
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a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap
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To bring harm upon; to injure
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literally "bad stars"; particularly suitable in reference to a major asteroid impact
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
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an act that has disastrous consequences
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Any event that creates an inability on an organizations part to provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time SIMILAR TERMS: Business Interruption; Outage; Catastrophe
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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"
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If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences
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A disaster is a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash, especially one in which a lot of people are killed. It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months = tragedy
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emphasis If you refer to something as a disaster, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely bad or unacceptable. The whole production was just a disaster! = catastrophe
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Disaster is something which has very bad consequences for you. The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster = catastrophe
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Some condition that brings down all NET Passport network servers (for example, a large-scale power failure) Such a disaster might prevent access to certain parts of your site or strand users at a "404" page when they are trying to reach the Login server You may wish to switch Passport Manager to stand-alone mode in case of such a disaster
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An unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins Wars and civil disturbances that destroy homelands and displace people are included among the causes of disasters Other causes can be: building collapse, blizzard, drought, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, fire, flood, hazardous material or transportation incident (such as a chemical spill), hurricane, nuclear incident, tornado, or volcano FEMA:Disaster Assistance Programs
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A condition in which an information resource is unavailable, as a result of a natural or man-made occurrence, that is of sufficient duration to cause significant disruption in the accomplishment of agency program objectives, as determined by agency management
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Any real or anticipated occurrence which endangers the lies, safety, welfare and well-being of some or all of the people and cannot be brought under control by the use of all regular Municipal Government services and resources
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A lip trick where one gets "hung up" on the coping, most often with the board perpendicular to the coping
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A calamity caused by accident, fire, explosion, or technical failure, or by the forces of nature that has resulted in serious harm to the health, safety or welfare of people, or in widespread damage to property (as defined in the Emergency Program Act)
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Situations which cause massive loss of life or economic damage Natural disasters include droughts, earthquakes and floods
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An unexpected occurance inflicting widespread destruction and distress and having long-term adverse effects on agency operations Each agency defines what a long-term adverse effect is in relation to its most critical program
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(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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a manifestation of an interaction between extreme physical or natural phenomena and a vulnerable human group that results in general disruption and destruction, loss of life and livelihood and injury (Tilling, Volcanic Hazards, fig 1 1, p 3)
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disasters
plural of disaster
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disasters
Dealing with claims for injury and damage to property caused by natural or man-made disasters
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disasters
2001 Natural Disaster Reference Database See also World Disasters News Map check icons or headlines! Check the Timeline too! CBS News Disasters Links - comprehensive and well organised site
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