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as in fatal
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a split-second, disastrous decision that I would forever regret
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as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
a disastrous fire from which the town never fully recovered
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Recent Examples of disastrous
From a geostrategic perspective, Trump’s abandonment of the FCPA is a disastrous decision.
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
After seeing injuries as one of the root causes of a disastrous 2024 season, expect the 49ers to be pretty conservative regarding offers for Greenlaw and Hufanga.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
The article followed Biden's disastrous performance in the first presidential debate, which sparked concerns about his mental acuity and ability to defeat Trump.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Over the course of one disastrous Thanksgiving, Mona gets very high indeed and, little dog in tow, walks out on hosting her in-laws to ramble across Manhattan, trying to get Milton out of her head and also work out the mystery of why her hair currently looks so good.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
After seeing injuries as one of the root causes of a disastrous 2024 season, expect the 49ers to be pretty conservative regarding offers for Greenlaw and Hufanga.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
The article followed Biden's disastrous performance in the first presidential debate, which sparked concerns about his mental acuity and ability to defeat Trump.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Over the course of one disastrous Thanksgiving, Mona gets very high indeed and, little dog in tow, walks out on hosting her in-laws to ramble across Manhattan, trying to get Milton out of her head and also work out the mystery of why her hair currently looks so good.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
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Gordon Cordeiro had his freedom secured on Friday after a judge ordered him released in light of new DNA evidence that led to the overturning of his conviction in the 1994 fatal shooting of Timothy Blaisdell on the island of Maui.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Even a pencil tip amount of the synthetic opioid pain reliever drug can be fatal, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Feb. 2025
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Turmoil continues in Haiti The Obama administration granted TPS to Haiti in 2010, after a devastating magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroyed the Haitian capital.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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Bass cited Crowley’s response to last month’s devastating wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 29 people.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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There is an unfortunate flipside, though: Bond Could Receive Questionable Franchise Extensions That’s been the fear since Amazon acquired MGM in 2020.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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But over the last few weeks, bagel eaters around the city have been confronted with some unfortunate news: Signs are plastered across shop counters stating a $1.25 additional surcharge for any bagel sandwiches featuring eggs.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Among filmmakers, it was seen as a potentially destructive maneuver—the silver left on the negative could damage it over time.—
Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very controversial overhaul of how insurers calculate premiums was taking effect.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrous. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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