English to English
disaster
(d/I/'z/&/st/@/r
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noun (n)
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune(noun.state)Example:
His policies were a disaster.
source: wordnet30 - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune(noun.event)Example:
The earthquake was a disaster.
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
verb (v)
- To blast by the influence of a baleful star.(verb)source: webster1913
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