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disastrous failure

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  • Disastrous — Dis*as trous, a. [Cf. F. d[ e]sastreux. See {Disaster}.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill boding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Attended with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • failure — noun 1 lack of success ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ abject, humiliating ▪ The attempt ended in abject failure. ▪ inevitable …   Collocations dictionary

  • disastrous — di|sas|trous [dıˈza:strəs US dıˈzæ ] adj very bad, or ending in failure ▪ a disastrous first marriage disastrous effects/consequences/results ▪ Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth. ▪ The move proved disastrous (=was disastrous)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • disastrous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ absolutely, completely, quite, truly, utter …   Collocations dictionary

  • disastrous — adjective very bad, or ending in failure: Warrington s disastrous early marriage | Chemical leaks have had a disastrous effect on wildlife. disastrously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Synchronous failure — According to peace and conflict theorist Thomas Homer Dixon, synchronous failure is a symptom of an overly complex and interconnected global society and economy. Small groups of people also have the power to kill large numbers of people and… …   Wikipedia

  • Military history of Australia during World War I — …   Wikipedia

  • Trinidad and Tobago — Trinidadian and Tobagonian. an independent republic in the West Indies, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 1,273,141; 1980 sq. mi. (5128 sq. km). Cap.: Port of Spain. * * * Trinidad and Tobago… …   Universalium

  • collapse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. break down, fail; cave or fall in. n. prostration, dejection, breakdown, exhaustion; downfall, ruin; cave in. See failure, impotence, contraction, deterioration, insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

  • Globalization and Its Discontents — Infobox Book name = Globalization and Its Discontents image caption = author = Joseph E. Stiglitz country = United States language = English subject = Globalization publisher = W.W. Norton Company release date = June 2002 media type = Print… …   Wikipedia

  • Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount — known as Lord Nelson born Sept. 29, 1758, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Eng. died Oct. 21, 1805, at sea, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain British naval commander. He entered the navy in 1770 and served in the West Indies from 1777 to 1783. In 1793 he was… …   Universalium

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