Disaster meaning

noun

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”

   Synonymscatastrophe

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

   “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”

   “the earthquake was a disaster”

   Synonymscalamitycatastrophetragedycataclysm

3. an act that has disastrous consequences