Disaster
Disaster noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.
Tribulation is a synonym for disaster in adversity topic. In some cases you can use "Tribulation" instead a noun "Disaster", when it comes to topics like mishap.
Nearby Word: disastrous
Tribulation
Tribulation noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.
Disaster is a synonym for tribulation in mishap topic. You can use "Disaster" instead a noun "Tribulation".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and disaster
- trouble and tribulation
- blow and disaster
- blow and tribulation
- trial and disaster
- trial and tribulation
- distress and disaster
- distress and tribulation
- accident and disaster
- accident and tribulation
- bad luck and disaster
- bad luck and tribulation
- misfortune and disaster
- misfortune and tribulation
How words are described
| following | following disaster | following tribulation |
Both words in one sentence
- The exact nature of "The Tribulation" in The Chrysalids is never specified, but it's implied to be a nuclear disaster of some kind and believed by the characters to have been a punishment from God.
Source: And Man Grew Proud - The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, who liked this sort of thing, is about a society recovering after a catastrophe, which the hyper-Christian characters call "The Tribulation" and is implied to be a nuclear war/disaster.
Source: After The End / Literature -
In a post-apocalyptic future (the apocalypse is phrased in religious terms by the characters as "The Tribulation", and implied to have been a nuclear disaster or war), a primitive, theocratic society seeks to exterminate all mutants, whether plant, animal or human.
Source: Evilutionary Biologist
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