disaster

n 1: 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}]

2: 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}]

3: an act that has disastrous consequences