Meaning of megadisaster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of exceptional magnitude, causing unusually severe or unprecedented damage.
2. An unforeseen event of any kind with exceptionally unpleasant, distressing, or unfortunate results.

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Examples

“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), […]”

“After the initial shock of discovering my scheduling megadisaster, I forced myself to take a deep breath.”

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