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Used with adjectives:
"
The city suffered an awful disaster."
(awful, big, great, horrible, huge, large-scale, major, massive, terrible, deadly)
"
It was the worst disaster in history."
(worst)
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This project could be a possible disaster."
(possible, potential)
"
We are not ready for future disasters."
(future)
"
The unforeseen disaster surprised us."
(unforeseen, unexpected)
"
It became a global disaster."
(global, national)
"
An Earthquake is a natural disaster."
(natural)
"
We are not prepared for a flood disaster."
(flood, hurricane, nuclear, tsunami)
"
It was the biggest human disaster."
(human, humanitarian)
"
They've called it an economic disaster."
(economic, financial, social)
"
The hurricane was a costly disaster."
(costly)
"
The party was an absolute disaster."
(absolute, complete, total, real, utter)
"
His company was a business disaster."
(business, economic, financial, political, public)
Used with verbs:
"
We don't know what caused the disaster."
(caused, created, led to)
"
How can we avoid disaster?"
(avoid, prevent)
"
The police didn't anticipate the disaster."
(anticipate, foresee, predict)
"
The ship is heading for disaster."
(be + heading for)
"
People have a hard time facing disaster."
(facing)
"
The city experienced a disaster."
(experienced, suffered)
"
The family has handled disaster."
(handled, overcome, survived)
"
The battle ended in disaster."
(ended in, resulted in)
"
Disaster can happen without warning."
(happen, occur, strike, take place)
"
The dinner turned out to be a disaster."
(turned out to be, became, turned into)
Used with nouns:
"
Stay out of the disaster area."
(area, site, zone)
"
The charity organization will send disaster aid."
(aid, assistance, relief, response)
"
Follow the disaster plan."
(plan)
"
He works in disaster management."
(management)
"
Our group has a disaster fund."
(fund)
"
She is a disaster victim."
(victim, survivor)
Used with prepositions:
"
It's important to ask for help in a disaster."
(in)
"
The party was a disaster for the host."
(for)
