disaster
Example Sentences
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The United States grants TPS 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
The perils of a nuclear disaster seem relatively abstract compared to the very tangible horrors of an earthquake and tsunami.
Since that time, almost everything the mullahs have tried ended in disaster.
There have been widespread reports of delays caused by the new contract approval process at the agency, which has responsibilities spanning from immigration enforcement to disaster relief to airport security.
From Salon
There’s a scene from the Salomon Brothers trading floor in “Liar’s Poker” when author Michael Lewis’s phone rang minutes after news broke of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
