Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.
- n. The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.
Examples
“And John's such a firebug I can't imagine him sullying a natural disaster with something as mundane as murder.”
““‘For the benefit and security of all Blenholme, and to thwart those Continental opportunists who might think to take advantage of the current natural disaster afflicting our island, the Kingdom of Blencathra extends its merciful hand to the suffering people of its neighbor, Blendidion, and vouchsafes it prompt paternal succor and relief, as Blendidion acknowledges vassalage in the new, benevolent Sovereignty of High Blenholme, and accepts Olmigon Wincantor as its Liege Lord.’””
“It was through this gateway that tens of thousands of Chinese came during the Gold Rush—looking for gum saan, or “gold mountain”—and railroad boom times, when China suffered from famine, war, and natural disaster and its people were welcomed to the Western frontier as cheap labor.”
“Joint state and federal-funded natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements were extended to eight more communities on Wednesday.”
“Australia also works closely with the civilian and military French authorities in New Caledonia in providing regional natural disaster relief through the FRANZ Accord.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘natural disaster’.
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EU - Eurovoc - politics
absolute majority, absolute monarchy, abstentionism, access to informa..., acquisition of arms, action brought be..., action for annulment, action to establi..., ad hoc committee, adjournment, adjournment motion, administration and 965 more...
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ENVI - Collocations MNOPQ
macaw shipment, macerate sewage s..., macerate sewage s..., machine code, machine cycle, machine language, machine making, machine manufacture, machine rate, machine time, macroeconomic goal, macroeconomic policy and 5152 more...
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Nature and Environment
north, east, west, mountain, sea, beach, river, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, island and 205 more...
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EU - Eurovoc - international relations
ABM Agreement, accession to a co..., accession to a tr..., accession to an a..., achievement of peace, ACP-EC Convention, advanced technolo..., aerospace industry, African organisation, aggression, agreement, agricultural coop... and 851 more...
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things (bad)
things you may fall victim to.
goto things (good)
( randomness, events, situations, nouns )treachery, quagmire, overdose, bombing, suicide, homicide, spam, prison, acute renal failure, bad programming, being pants'd, bleeding out and 37 more...
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Natural phrases
a look at natural usage
as natural as bre..., come natural, to, natural area, natural body, natural break, natural cement, natural childbirth, natural day, natural deduction, natural Englishman, natural fibre, natural food and 84 more...
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catalysts
catalysts leading to action.
aka the inciting incident, point of attack there's no major rules here, broad umbrella terms or specific works for now.
( randomness, writing )trauma, death, tragedy, embarrassment, epiphany, move, literature, brink, poll numbers, innovation, injustice, another headspace and 44 more...
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Criswell Predicts
Words describing a future that may or may not be entirely grounded in reality. Not to be used for predictive purposes. I do not have the gift of premonition. In fact, all these ideas come from popu...
flying car, space tourism, big brother, soylent green, brave new world, first contact, domestic android, skynet, new world order, collectivism, world peace, laser pistol and 93 more...
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