Collocations for "disaster"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "disaster" in context.
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disaster
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [natural, national, nuclear, humanitarian] disaster
- a disaster in [Iraq]
- the latest disaster in [Iraq]
- try to [prevent, avoid] (further) disasters
- the disaster was [caused, brought on] by
- disaster struck when the [dam burst, waves broke]
- [turned out, proved] to be a disaster
- the [speech, presentation, dinner, party] was a disaster
- the [speech] was a [total, complete] disaster
- a disaster of a [speech]
- was a disaster from [the first minute, start to finish]
- is heading [ominously, dangerously] for a disaster
- were not [prepared, ready] for such a disaster
- the [tsunami, earthquake] was a terrible disaster
- would be a disaster for the [team, family, economy, country]
- a disaster of [epic, gargantuan, biblical, mighty] proportions
- sorry, I'm a disaster this morning!
- my life is a disaster (right now)!
- disaster [recovery, prevention, help, relief]
- have [sent, provided] millions in disaster [aid, assistance]
- disaster recovery [techniques, operations, workers]
- disaster prevention [measures, laws, suggestions]
'disaster' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accommodation
- aftermath
- aid
- avert
- birth
- border
- brush
- casualty
- certain
- complete
- contingency
- cool
- count
- court
- dice
- disrupt
- edge
- empire
- end
- environment
- error
- event
- fair
- fate
- flirt
- forecast
- foresee
- founder
- head
- hint
- honeymoon
- intervention
- major
- million
- mock
- movie
- on
- outright
- pending
- poised
- prepared
- prescription
- prevent
- prospect
- provision
- recipe
- relief
- rescue
- script
- signal