disaster

/dɪˈzɑːstər/ noun

Definition

› a very bad situation, especially something that causes a lot of harm or damage: floods and other natural disasters

› something that is a failure or negative result: His idea was a total disaster.

(Definition of disaster noun from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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