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disaster
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[dɪˈzɑːstə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life
(e.g: 159 people died in the disaster)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century: from Italian disastro ‘ill-starred event’, from dis- (expressing negation) + astro ‘star’ (from Latin astrum)
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