disaster
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
disaster
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
disaster area
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
disastrous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
disastrously
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a disastrous manner; "the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began"
disavow
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
disavowable
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ capable of being disavowed
disavowal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disband
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
disband
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
disbandment
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of disbanding; "the orchestra faced the prospect of disbandment"
disbar
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"
disbarment
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
disbelief
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a rejection of belief
disbelief
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ doubt about the truth of something
disbelieve
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ reject as false; refuse to accept
disbelieving
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
disbelievingly
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her incredulously"
disbud
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers