avert a disaster
1disaster — n. 1) to cause a disaster 2) to experience, meet, suffer (a) disaster 3) to court disaster 4) to cope with; recover from (a) disaster 5) to avert (a) disaster 6) a catastrophic, devastating, major, tragic, unqualified disaster 7) an impending;… …
2disaster — di|sas|ter W3S2 [dıˈza:stə US dıˈzæstər] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: désastre, from Italian disastro, from astro star (from the idea of luck coming from the stars)] 1.) a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which… …
3Disaster film — Disaster movie redirects here. For the film, see Disaster Movie. A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster (such as a damaged airliner, fire, shipwreck, an asteroid collision or natural calamities) as its subject.… …
4avert — UK US /əˈvɜːt/ verb [T] ► to prevent something bad from happening: avert a crisis/disaster »He argued that the way to avert an economic crisis is for individuals to follow their usual spending habits. avert industrial action/a strike »By law, the …
5avert — verb 1 prevent sth ADVERB ▪ narrowly ▪ Disaster was narrowly averted when two airliners almost collided above Detroit. VERB + AVERT ▪ try to ▪ be able to, ma …
6disaster — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, big, catastrophic, devastating, enormous (esp. AmE), great, horrible, huge, large scale (esp. AmE) …
7Disaster Relief Act — A United States federal law passed in 1974 that laid down the process through which the president s declaration of a disaster triggers a system of financial and other assistance by the federal government to state and local governments. It was… …
8avert — [əˈvɜːt] verb [T] to prevent something bad from happening We managed to avert disaster this time.[/ex] • avert your eyes to look away from something that you do not want to see[/ex] …
9avert — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ab + vertere to turn more at worth Date: 15th century 1. to turn away or aside (as the eyes) in avoidance 2. to see coming and ward off ; avoid …
10Chernobyl disaster — This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine. For other uses, see Chernobyl (disambiguation). Chernobyl disaster …
