Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disaster
Meaning of Disaster
Synonyms of Disaster
noun
- adversity
- affliction
- bale
- bane
- blight
- blunder
- breakdown
- brutum fulmen
- calamitas
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- clades
- collapse
- contretemps
- crushing reverse
- debacle
- devastation
- downfall
- emergency
- extremity
- failure
- fell stroke
- fiasco
- great misfortune
- great mishap
- hard blow
- harm
- holocaust
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misery
- misfortune
- misventure
- nasty blow
- ravage
- ruin
- ruination
- ruinousness
- scourge
- setback
- sudden misfortune
- terrible accident
- tragedy
- travail
- trouble
- undoing
- unfortunate event
- upheaval
- upset
- woe Associated Concepts: common disaster
Related Entries of Disaster in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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“A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.” (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. ISDR’s guidance on this definition focuses on disasters, including those generated by natural hazards (geological, hydro-meteorological, biological) and covers technological or nuclear hazards, as well as climate-related hazards such as sea level rise, and glacial lake outburst flooding in relevant cases.
“A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.” (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. ISDR’s guidance on this definition focuses on disasters, including those generated by natural hazards (geological, hydro-meteorological, biological) and covers technological or nuclear hazards, as well as climate-related hazards such as sea level rise, and glacial lake outburst flooding in relevant cases.
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Legal English Vocabulary: Disaster in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term disaster into Spanish: catástrofe (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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See Also
- Social Problem
- Crime
- Delinquency
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Delinquent
- Social Issues
- Crime Prevention
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