1. disaster
The general took the bull by the horns and saved his army from disaster.
After the disaster, there was scarcely any water left on the island.
The government asked the SDF for a disaster relief deployment to Okinawa.
air disaster
Such a disaster won't come again in my time.
He courted disaster by reckless driving.
War is not a natural disaster like an earthquake or a tsunami. It does not come without warning.
This seat, it's real leather, isn't it? It would be a disaster if some slip-up gets it dirtied.
In 2010 there was a disaster in Haiti when a massive earthquake destroyed many homes.
floods and other natural disasters His idea was a total disaster. The holiday ended in disaster.
The disaster took place two blocks from the bus station.
Failure in Copenhagen would be an environmental, political and moral disaster!
Fire departments, police units and disaster responders all use drones to some degree.
Last night there was an air disaster in which 329 people died.
Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
Inglês palavra "bencana"(disaster) ocorre em conjuntos:
Top 1000 Indonesian words 576 - 6002. calamity
Failure in one test shouldn't be regarded as a calamity.
A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
This is not going to end in calamity
state of national calamity
They will face a humanitarian calamity of their own making.
Some people believe that Santa Ana's wind can cause weird behaviour and calamity.
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity
He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Calamity Jane lived in California.
3. disastrous
His resignation was a disastrous decision for his team.
disastrously awry
It was a disastrous start to the season for the team.
I had an absolutely disastrous holiday.
The consequences can be disastrous.
disastrous effects
The Black Death had disastrous consequences for all of Europe.
Domestic violence has disastrous consequences for all family members.
Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
Solar storms next year could prove disastrous for the electrical grid.
The sign for siblings in Japanese sign language could well be misunderstood by many Americans with disastrous consequences.