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megadisasters

megadisasters is the plural of megadisaster.

Meaning of megadisaster

Noun

megadisaster (plural megadisasters)

  1. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of exceptional magnitude, causing unusually severe or unprecedented damage.
    • This chapter uses case studies along with a new data set focused on Kobe's nine wards after the city's 1995 megadisaster, the earthquake known in Japanese as the Hanshin Awaji Daishinsai (the Great Hanshin—Awaji Earthquake), […]2012, Daniel P. Aldrich, Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 75
  2. An unforeseen event of any kind with exceptionally unpleasant, distressing, or unfortunate results.
    • After the initial shock of discovering my scheduling megadisaster, I forced myself to take a deep breath.2009, Andrew Attaway, Daily Guideposts 2009: A Spirit-Lifting Devotional, Guideposts, published 2008, →ISBN, page 311

Questions about megadisasters

What is megadisasters the plural of?
Megadisasters is the plural of megadisaster.

Words near megadisasters in the dictionary

  1. megadevelopment
  2. megadevelopments
  3. megadick
  4. megadicks
  5. megadisaster
  6. megadisasters
  7. megadiverse
  8. megadiversity
  9. megadolichocolon
  10. megadollar
  11. megadollars

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