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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
The Boston Red Sox received another disastrous outing from righty starter Walker Buehler on Sunday.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Premiering July 10 on Netflix, Too Much stars Meg Stalter as New Yorker Jessica, who moves to London after a disastrous breakup and sparks a romance with musician Felix (Will Sharpe).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Becoming reactive to the effects rather than preemptive to the causes can be disastrous, particularly given Florida’s vulnerability.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Skipping this governance checkpoint essentially means letting people create powerful and untested tools for decision making, which could be disastrous to an organization’s future success.
—Larry English, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Premiering July 10 on Netflix, Too Much stars Meg Stalter as New Yorker Jessica, who moves to London after a disastrous breakup and sparks a romance with musician Felix (Will Sharpe).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Becoming reactive to the effects rather than preemptive to the causes can be disastrous, particularly given Florida’s vulnerability.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Skipping this governance checkpoint essentially means letting people create powerful and untested tools for decision making, which could be disastrous to an organization’s future success.
—Larry English, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disastrous
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Most had gone to sleep by the time of the fatal brawl.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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An attack in Boulder, Colorado, in June and the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., in May, are two recent incidents of anti-Jewish violence that have rocked communities in the U.S. Advertisement Read More: The Rise of Antisemitism and Political Violence in the U.S.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
5 July 2025
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Historically, the most devastating result from tariffs came from the sweeping Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act that began to wend its way through Congress in 1929, triggering the infamous stock market crash.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The number of missing persons stands at 101 more than one week after the devastating flooding that struck Texas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 July 2025
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Instead, like so many unfortunate accidents since cell phones were invented, this was caused by a distracted driver.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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Fortunately for him, that gaffe will be a little easier to live down than Teal and Weinberg’s unfortunate comments.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
12 July 2025
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He was charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists, Conspiracy to manufacture unregistered destructive devices and aiding and abetting the manufacture of unregistered destructive devices.—
Scott MacFarlane
July 6,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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These impacts have been felt profoundly with more destructive fires, intense water shortages and flooding in California as well as in many other parts of the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrous. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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