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• s  (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
  the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign

• At season's end, Jack learned that the Oceanic 6's escape had disastrous consequences, and he vowed to return.
• And despite the smaller amount of foam debris hits, NASA admits that the largest chunk to fall could have been equally disastrous had it hit the shuttle's wing or a heat-shielding .
• The least dangerous Egyptian move would be disastrous in its consequences.

• black
• calamitous
• fatal
• fateful

News & Articles

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• Cedar Rapids commemorates five-year mark of disastrous flood crest
  A few hundred people on Thursday morning gathered on May’s Island in the middle of the Cedar River here to commemorate the city’s historic flood of 2008, with a firefighter clanging a bell five times at 10:15 a.m. to mark the moment of the five-year anniversary of the flood’s disastrous crest. In keynote remarks, Mayor [...]
  June 14, 2013 - The Gazette
• Where Manufacturing Is on the Rebound
  If the Great Recession was disastrous for many sectors of the American economy, it was widely seen as the death knell for manufacturing. But a cutting-edge aluminum plant in the heartland is evidence that American factories were given their last rites prematurely. Alcoa’s Davenport Works plant in Iowa—which makes high-tech aluminum alloys—has added 600 jobs since the height of the recession and ...
  June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
• Game thread, Mariners vs. Astros, June 12
  ASTROS NINTH: Disastrous inning as Astros scored six, send 12 men to plate. Five of them charged to Wilhelmsen. No time to go into details, but it was as bad as it sounds. 6-1 Astros MARINERS EIGHTH: Two-out RBI single by Nick Franklin to right scores Endy Chavez from second. Wilhelmsen coming in to
  June 13, 2013 - Seattle Times