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disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
gen. Desaster n; Katastrophe f; Unglück n; KatastropheFrankreich f
agric. Naturkatastrophe f
econ. Unglücksfall m; Verderben n; Mißgeschick n
emerg.care Katastrophe f
tech. Unheil n
disasters n
gen. Unglücke n
disaster The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid n
environ. Katastrophe f
disaster Belgium n
gen. KatastropheBelgien f
 English thesaurus
disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
IT A sudden, unplanned calamitous event causing great damage or loss. Any event that creates an inability on an enterprise's part to provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time. Similar terms are business interruption, outage and catastrophe. 2. The period when enterprise management decides to divert from normal production responses and exercises its disaster recovery plan DRP. It typically signifies the beginning of a move from a primary location to an alternate location.
Disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə] n
comp., abbr. D
disaster: 261 phrases in 31 subjects
Agriculture2
Alternative dispute resolution2
American usage, not spelling1
Biology1
Business4
Communications2
Computers2
Construction1
Ecology1
Economy8
Emergency medical care1
Environment54
Finances4
General106
Historical2
Human rights activism2
Informal1
Information technology4
Insurance3
International Monetary Fund6
Law8
Life sciences5
Medical1
Microsoft1
Natural resourses and wildlife conservation14
Non-governmental organizations1
Politics1
Social science7
Taxes2
Technology6
United Nations8

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