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Meanings of disasters in English

Russian
катастрофа
Portuguese
desastre
Spanish
catástrofe
Catalan
desastre
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Hazard resulting in an event causing significant physical damage, destruction or death.

        катастрофа
        Usage of disasters in English
        1
        But the information can lead to some serious privacy disasters, Hilwa said.
        Reuters
        2
        For example, suppose your company is located where natural disasters rarely happen.
        Mysql high availability
        3
        Two disasters this year have left the airline fighting for its future.
        BBC
        4
        Aid agencies said curbing emissions was key to preventing climate-change related disasters.
        Reuters
        5
        They say as a result, we're not ready to deal with disasters.
        News.com.au
        6
        However, the point here is: is it OK to gamble on disasters?
        Wired
        7
        Asia urgent help needed to prevent trauma among child survivors of disasters.
        Radio NZ
        8
        But starvation, a result of chronic mismanagement and natural disasters, changed that.
        Reuters
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        Perhaps Director Moth was correct; repressive disasters had happened at other institutions.
        Genellan: planetfall
        10
        Introduction: Hospitals are expected to continue to provide medical care during disasters.
        Pubmed
        11
        This sinking is the latest of several such disasters in recent years.
        Reuters
        12
        His apocalyptic warnings of disasters to come were often exaggerated for effect.
        The Guardian
        13
        As Johnny Blades reports, Fiji is becoming used to such natural disasters.
        Radio NZ
        14
        Level 3 disasters take out an entire campus, city, or metropolitan area:
        Backup & recovery
        15
        That was a great look, but I've had hundreds of fashion disasters.
        The Guardian
        16
        But they often ran into money disasters that got in the way.
        Reuters
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        Catalan
        desastre
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        Common
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