- SUDDEN DISASTER
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SUDDEN DISASTER
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disaster — di‧sas‧ter [dɪˈzɑːstə ǁ dɪˈzæstər] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering: • 100 people died in the mining disaster. • Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural… … Financial and business terms
Disaster medicine — is the area of physician medical specialization serving the dual areas of providing medical care to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response and disaster recovery leadership… … Wikipedia
disaster — [di zas′tər, dizäs′tər; ] also [ dis as′tər, disäs′tər] n. [OFr desastre < It disastro < L dis + astrum < Gr astron (see ASTRAL), star: from astrological notions: cf. ILL STARRED] any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious… … English World dictionary
disaster recovery — diˈsaster reˌcovery noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the process of repairing a computer system that has stopped working completely or has been badly damaged by a storm, fire, or other sudden accident: • It is not unusual for an enterprise to spend… … Financial and business terms
Disaster — Dis*as ter, n. [F. d[ e]sastre; pref. d[ e]s (L. dis ) + astre star, fr. L. astrum; a word of astrological origin. See {Aster}, {Astral}, {Star}.] 1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disaster — I noun adversity, affliction, bale, bane, blight, blunder, breakdown, brutum fulmen, calamitas, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, clades, collapse, contretemps, crushing reverse, deabacle, devastation, downfall, emergency, extremity,… … Law dictionary
sudden misfortune — index disaster Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disaster — ► NOUN 1) a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. 2) an event or fact leading to ruin or failure. ORIGIN Italian disastro ill starred event , from Latin astrum star … English terms dictionary
disaster — di|sas|ter W3S2 [dıˈza:stə US dıˈzæstər] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: désastre, from Italian disastro, from astro star (from the idea of luck coming from the stars)] 1.) a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which… … Dictionary of contemporary English
disaster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. calamity, cataclysm, misfortune, catastrophe, tragedy. See adversity, evil. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. catastrophe, accident, calamity, misfortune, mishap, debacle, cataclysm, casualty, mischance,… … English dictionary for students
disaster — noun (C, U) 1 a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering: 108 people died in the mining disaster. | natural disaster (=caused by nature, not by an accident): The 1987 hurricane was the worst natural… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
