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noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
noun an act that has disastrous consequences
originFrom Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
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