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predisaster

predisaster adjective: before a disaster.

Adjective

predisaster (not comparable)

  1. Before a disaster.
    • Under the Stafford Act, the agency said, facilities cannot be improved with federal money, only restored to their predisaster condition.2007 November 22, The Associated Press, “Aquarium Wins FEMA Pay for Fishing Trips”, in New York Times

Origin of predisaster

From pre- + disaster.

Questions about predisaster

What does predisaster mean?
Predisaster means before a disaster.
What part of speech is predisaster?
Predisaster is an adjective.

Words near predisaster in the dictionary

  1. predirectional
  2. predisability
  3. predisabled
  4. predisagreement
  5. predisagreements
  6. predisaster
  7. predischarge
  8. predischarged
  9. predischarges
  10. predischarging
  11. prediscipline

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