Events

Synonyms for disaster

Two senses of disaster live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

The earthquake was a disaster.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tragedy

Same sentence, swapped: The earthquake was a tragedy.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disaster as it is used in the sentence above.

pity
knock
cave

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

His policies were a disaster.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

catastrophe

Same sentence, swapped: His policies were a catastrophe.

Close but different

distress
affliction
stroke

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Closest first: other events words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

shocknounblowan unpleasant or disappointing surpriseFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line slipnountripan accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fallFoothills turkeynounbomban event that fails badly or is totally ineffectualFoothills accidentnounstrokeanything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent causeFoothills engagementnouninvolvementthe act of sharing in the activities of a groupTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line finishnounendingevent whose occurrence ends somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line flopnounbusta complete failureRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line sillyadjectiveridiculousinspiring scornful pityFoothills2 senses

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