Noun

• S: (n) catastrophe, disaster (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune) "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
• S: (n) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune) "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
• S: (n) disaster (an act that has disastrous consequences)