ETYM Old Eng. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, Old High Germ. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Greek phoneys murderer, phonos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike.
Something causes misery or death; SYN. curse, scourge, nemesis.

State of being broken, state of being shattered

ETYM Latin calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. French calamité.
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; SYN. catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm.

ETYM Latin cataclysmos, Greek kataklysmos, from to dash over, inundate; kata downward, against + klyzein to wash: cf. French cataclysme.
1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
2. Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
3. Catastrophe; upheaval.

1. A mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in.
2. An abrupt failure of function or health.

ETYM Latin crassus coarse. Related to Crass.
A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures); SYN. collapse.

ETYM French damnation, Latin damnatio, from damnare. Related to Damn.
1. The act of damning.
2. The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell; SYN. eternal damnation.
In Christian and Muslim belief, a state of eternal punishment which will be undergone by those who are not worthy of salvation; sometimes equated with hell. + prikaži više

ETYM French débâcle, from débâcler to unbar, break loose; pref. dé- (prob. = Latin dis) + bâcler to bolt, from Latin baculum a stick.
1. A sudden and violent collapse; SYN. fiasco.
2. Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer.

In literary and artistic criticism, the decline that follows a time of great cultural achievement. It is typified by world-weariness, self-consciousness, and the search for new stimulation through artistic refinement and degenerate behavior. The term is used especially in connection with the fin-de-sičcle styles of the late 19th century (Symbolism, the Aesthetic Movement, and Art Nouveau). It has been applied to such artists and writers as Arthur Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde, and Aubrey Beardsley. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin destructio: cf. French destruction. Related to Destroy.
1. An event that destroys something; SYN. demolition.
2. Termination by an act of destruction; SYN. devastation.

ETYM French désastre; pref. dés- (Latin dis-) + astre star, from Latin astrum; a word of astrological origin. Related to Aster, Astral, Star.
An act that has disastrous consequences.

ETYM As. dôm; akin to OS. dôm, Old High Germ. tuom, Dan. and Swed. dom, Icel. dômr, Goth. dôms, Greek themis law; from the root of Eng. do, v. t. Related to Do, Deem, -dom.
An unpleasant or disastrous destiny; SYN. doomsday, day of reckoning.

Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.

ETYM From Fail.
1. An act that fails.
2. An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.
3. An unexpected omission.
4. Lack of success.

1. A movement downward
2. A sudden decline in strength or number or importance; SYN. downfall.
3. A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
4. The season when the leaves fall from the trees; SYN. autumn.
5. (Sports) When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat; SYN. pin.

ETYM Italian.
A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

1. A rare and surprising occurrence.
2. A barb on a harpoon or arrow.
3. Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean.
4. Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor; SYN. flue.
5. Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host; SYN. trematode.
Any of various parasitic flatworms of the classes Monogenea and Digenea, that as adults live in and destroy the livers of sheep, cattle, horses, dogs, and humans. Monogenetic flukes can complete their life cycle in one host; digenetic flukes require two or more hosts, for example a snail and a human being, to complete their life cycle.
An estimated 40 million people worldwide are infected by food-borne flukes, mostly from undercooked or raw fish or shellfish, according to a WHO report 1994.
Part of an anchor that fastens in the ground. + prikaži više

ETYM AS. gr?f, from grafan to dig; akin to Dutch and OS. graf, German grab, Icel. gröf, Russ. grob grave, coffin. Related to Grave to carve.
1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); SYN. tomb.
2. Death of a person.

ETYM W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself from Eng. havoc, cf. Old Eng. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or French hai, voux! a cry to hounds.
Violent and needless disturbance; SYN. mayhem.

ETYM French, from Latin perditio, from perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. parâ away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put.
1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.
2. Eternal damnation.
3. Damnation; hell.

ETYM French péril, from Latin periculum, periclum, akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and Eng. fare. Related to Fare, Experience.
Exposure of one's person or property to injury, loss, or destruction; SYN. danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy; .
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. + prikaži više

(Homonym: wrack).
1. A support for displaying various articles; SYN. stand.
2. Framework for holding objects.
3. An instrument of torture that stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims; SYN. wheel.
4. Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton.
5. A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately; SYN. single-foot. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. ruine, French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.
1. A ruined building.
2. An event that results in destruction; SYN. ruination.

1. A wrecked ship (or a part of one).
2. An accident that destroys a ship at sea; SYN. wreck.
3. An irretrievable loss; ship-wreck

A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles); SYN. smash-up.

ETYM Old Eng. wrak wreck. Related to Wreck.
(Homonym: rack).
1. Dried seaweed esp. that cast ashore.
2. The destruction or collapse of something; SYN. rack.
Seaweed or wreckage cast up on shore.
Sea-weed cast up on shore; wreckage; vestige.
Any of the large brown seaweeds characteristic of rocky shores. The bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus has narrow, branched fronds up to 1 m/3.3 ft long, with oval air bladders, usually in pairs on either side of the midrib or central vein. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. wrak, AS. wraec exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish.
1. A ship that has been destroyed at sea.
2. Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation.