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as in fatal
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a split-second, disastrous decision that I would forever regret
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as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
a disastrous fire from which the town never fully recovered
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Recent Examples of disastrous
That quickly became disastrous for both sides as officials had a very public spat with one another using harsh rhetoric in front of a slew of journalists invited to cover what was initially intended to be brief opening remarks.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
The second leg against AZ after a disastrous 1-0 defeat in Holland.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
What voters want is not March 9, 2025 Iowa has probably lost forevermore its privileged place on the political calendar after the disastrous 2020 caucuses, which took days to yield a winner.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Any longer could be disastrous from a public opinion perspective.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
The second leg against AZ after a disastrous 1-0 defeat in Holland.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
What voters want is not March 9, 2025 Iowa has probably lost forevermore its privileged place on the political calendar after the disastrous 2020 caucuses, which took days to yield a winner.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Any longer could be disastrous from a public opinion perspective.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disastrous
Adjective
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Her father was charged A CT baby had fractures and injuries medical personnel say could have been fatal.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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In addition to the loss of wildlife, collisions are also fatal to humans.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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This was somehow more devastating for Minnesota than last year’s Game 5 debacle against Dallas.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2025
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The impact on the demographic group driving growth in population, consumer spending, and higher education enrollment in this country would be nothing short of devastating.—
Noreen Sugrue,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The timing of Correa’s five-game absence for a concussion sustained in Baltimore on May 15 was unfortunate.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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This is especially unfortunate because the plot itself is quite harrowing.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2025
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Of those, 11 strengthened into hurricanes and five became major hurricanes — including the massively destructive Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm on record.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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The MacGuffin of all MacGuffins, we're told the Rabbit's Foot is some sort of powerful, potentially destructive force, but its exact nature is never explained in the film.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrous. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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