disaster

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the belligerents realized that attacking this critical infrastructure threatened to create a catastrophic humanitarian disaster.

From Salon

But that disaster made his company, which focuses on fire-resistant and mould-resistant homes, even more relevant.

From BBC

"We have conflict... natural disasters - and there are inter-communal violence, economic instability and the physical access challenges."

From BBC

It is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.

From Barron's

In 1990, Congress authorized giving temporary shelter to non-citizens from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disaster or “extraordinary and temporary conditions” that prevent them from returning there.

From Los Angeles Times