disaster

/dɪˈzɑːstər/ noun

Definition

DAMAGE [C] › something that causes a lot of harm or damage: floods and other natural disasters

FAILURE [C] › a failure or something that has a very bad result: His idea was a total disaster.

BAD SITUATION [U] › an extremely bad situation: The holiday ended in disaster.

(Definition of disaster noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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