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disaster

noun
/dɪˈzɑːs.təː/UK/dɪˈzas.təː/

Etymology

From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

  1. derived from *h₂stḗr✻
  2. derived from ἄστρον
  3. derived from astrum
  4. derived from disastro
  5. derived from desastre

Definitions

  1. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant…

    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.

    • People would suffer disasters when society's morality degenerates.

  2. An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.

    • A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.

  3. A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with…

    A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return in the ramp.

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Derived

blizzaster, disaster area, disasterclass, disaster film, disaster flora, disasterless, disasterly, disaster movie, disasteroid, disasterpiece, disaster tourism, disaster tourist, disaster waiting to happen, disastrophe, ecodisaster, megadisaster, minidisaster, natural disaster, nondisaster, post-disaster, postdisaster, predisaster, recipe for disaster

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disaster. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01disaster02skater03dingy04dinghy05lifeboat06shipwrecked07shipwreck

A definitional loop anchored at disaster. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at disaster

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA