English-French translations for disaster

• désastre
  C’est le meilleur moyen de provoquer un désastre. That is a recipe for disaster.
  C'est également un désastre écologique. It is also an ecological disaster.
  Ce serait un désastre humanitaire. It would be a humanitarian disaster.
• catastrophe
  Ces catastrophes sont à tort qualifiées de catastrophes naturelles. These disasters are mistakenly described as natural disasters.
  Rappelez-vous la catastrophe de Tchernobyl. Think of the Chernobyl disaster.
  Elle est assaillie de catastrophes naturelles. It is beset by natural disasters.
• bérézina
• calamité
  Nous avons également besoin d'un fonds de gestion des calamités. Also, we need a disaster management fund.

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