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disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
gen. désastre m; sinistre m
environ. catastrophe écologique
IT, corp.gov. sinistre informatique
polit. catastrophe f
disaster Denmark n
gen. catastropheDanemark f
disaster The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid n
environ. catastrophe écologique
Disasters n
polit. Catastrophes f
disaster Belgium n
gen. catastrophe f
disasters n
environ. calamité + sinistre
 English thesaurus
Disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
comp., abbr. D
disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
IT A sudden, unplanned calamitous event causing great damage or loss. Any event that creates an inability on an enterprise's part to provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time. Similar terms are business interruption, outage and catastrophe. 2. The period when enterprise management decides to divert from normal production responses and exercises its disaster recovery plan DRP. It typically signifies the beginning of a move from a primary location to an alternate location.
Disaster: 414 phrases in 39 subjects
Agriculture4
American usage, not spelling1
Aviation9
Biotechnology1
British usage, not spelling1
Cinematography1
Communications2
Computers2
Construction3
Data processing2
Economy7
Environment70
Figurative1
Finances8
General96
Health care2
Human resources1
Human rights activism6
Informal1
Information technology5
Insurance5
International Monetary Fund6
Law10
Life sciences8
Literature1
Medical1
Microsoft1
Name of organization31
Natural resourses and wildlife conservation9
Natural sciences1
Obsolete / dated6
Oceanography & oceanology1
Patents1
Politics6
Security systems25
Social science11
Statistics1
United Nations66
Water resources1