a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system; his policies were a disaster
[ Syn: catastrophe ]
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity; the earthquake was a disaster
[ Syn: calamity , catastrophe , tragedy , cataclysm ]
an act that has disastrous consequences