Disaster and Harm

Disaster

Disaster noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.

Harm and disaster are semantically related in accident topic. In some cases you can use "Harm" instead a noun "Disaster", when it comes to topics like evil.

Nearby Word: disastrous

Harm

Harm noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

Disaster and harm are semantically related in event topic. Sometimes you can use "Disaster" instead a noun "Harm", if it concerns topics such as evil.

How words are described

good good disaster good harm
future future disaster future harm
actual actual disaster actual harm
real real disaster real harm
Other adjectives: massive, big, great, serious, potential, major, possible, catastrophic, imminent, greatest, financial, magical, ecological.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Night That Never Ends Unlike most examples of this trope, the unending night hasn't done it any harm; in fact, the usual Night-That-Never-Ends plot is inverted when one novel's Big Bad plots to call the Sun back to the sky, which would bring disaster.
  • The first time an existing AI attempted to reproduce ended very badly indeed, but even then that disaster only resulted in one newly-created AI that was actively malicious, and it was prevented from doing any actual harm by its own siblings.
  • Franchise / Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three is the later stage, with heroes now policing one another, villains becoming competent enough to score real and permanent victories, and heroes begin dying or suffering other permanent harm while others compromise their convictions when faced with possible disaster.
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