Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant: The WikiBook/orphaned pages/disaster
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian disastro, disaster; originally meaning "unfavourable to one's stars", from dis-#Italian|dis-, bad (compare dys-), + astro, star, celestial body, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron.
Noun edit
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- The downpour and gales turned the wedding into a disaster.
- A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.
-The Devil Wears Prada
Synonyms edit
- See also Wikisaurus:disaster
Translations edit
- French: fr|désastre. See also fr|catastrophe
- German: Desaster
