megadisaster

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noun

An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of exceptional magnitude, causing unusually severe or unprecedented damage.

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Meanings

nounmegadisaster (plural megadisasters)

plural megadisasters

  1. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of exceptional magnitude, causing unusually severe or unprecedented damage.

    This chapter uses case studies along with a new data set focused on Kobe's nine wards after the city's 1995 megadisaster, the earthquake known in Japanese as the Hanshin Awaji Daishinsai (the Great Hanshin—Awaji Earthquake), […]

    2012, Daniel P. Aldrich, Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 75
  2. An unforeseen event of any kind with exceptionally unpleasant, distressing, or unfortunate results.

    After the initial shock of discovering my scheduling megadisaster, I forced myself to take a deep breath.

    2009, Andrew Attaway, Daily Guideposts 2009: A Spirit-Lifting Devotional, Guideposts, published 2008, →ISBN, page 311

Origin

From mega- + disaster.

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Translations

French mégadésastre
  • mégadésastreall senses
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APA

megadisaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadisaster

MLA

“megadisaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadisaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megadisaster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadisaster.

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