Meanings
Readings
Common Words
calamity; disaster; misfortune
calamity; misfortune; disaster
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
conflagration; fire
natural calamity; disaster
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
A urinary tract infection is a personal disaster that feels like youโre peeing a stream of pure fire.
The ultimate kitchen disaster: a grease fire that you try to put out with a stream of water from above, causing it to explode.
My bowels are experiencing a natural disaster on par with a volcanic eruption: a stream of liquid fire.
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