English-Finnish translations for disaster

• katastrofi
  Luonnonkatastrofit Euroopan unionissa Natural disasters in the European Union
  Sitä vaivaavat luonnonkatastrofit. It is beset by natural disasters.
  Molemmat koneet välttivät täpärästi katastrofin. Both planes narrowly escaped disaster.
• onnettomuus
  Juuri tämä onnettomuus on meitä kohdannut. This is a disaster which we are facing.
  Toulousen onnettomuus nimittäin merkitsi suurta paljastusta. The disaster in Toulouse is hugely revealing.
  Onnettomuus kosketti pääosin alimpia yhteiskuntaluokkia. The disaster mainly hit the grass-roots classes.

Definition of disaster

• An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment
• An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.maybe could do with being improved--

Examples

• People would suffer disasters when societys morality degenerates

Related words

• ecodisaster
• megadisaster
• disaster area
• disaster movie
• disaster control
• disaster medicine
• disaster preparedness
• disaster recovery plan
• disaster tourism