Thesaurus / disastrous
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Decades of rushing to stamp out flames that naturally clear out small trees and undergrowth have had disastrous unintended consequences.
SUPPRESSING FIRES HAS FAILED. HERE’S WHAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO DO INSTEAD.JAMES TEMPLESEPTEMBER 17, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIf the TV doesn’t know exactly how long your soundbar will take, it may send the video before the soundbar has finished, leading to a disastrous mismatch of the mouths on screen.
HOW TO FIX THAT ANNOYING AUDIO DELAY ON YOUR SOUNDBARWHITSON GORDONAUGUST 25, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEFurthermore, in all three of these cases, poorly informed decisions set a disastrous chain of events in motion.
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HOW THE NEW YORK MEDIA COVERED THE STONEWALL RIOTSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 23, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThe disease would likely spread, which would be disastrous for many people beyond just you.
A PHILOSOPHER ANSWERS EVERYDAY MORAL DILEMMAS IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUSLGBTQ-EDITORAPRIL 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThe promises of Bellamy and Planner were as far from fulfilment as ever; their performance as vigorous and disastrous as at first.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSAnd new consequences, still more disastrous than any she had foreseen, presented themselves one after another.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe following might have been more disastrous in its results; the same parties were concerned.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSOne way alone offered—to break the disastrous contracts by payments made down without delay.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODBesides, the storm that had threatened on the night of his first visit had proved a most disastrous one.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDWORDS RELATED TO DISASTROUS
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