WORD OF THE DAY
disaster
His chief fault is his overweening haughtiness, due to an over-exalted opinion of his position, which leads him to insult Chryses and Achilles, thereby bringing great disaster upon the Greeks.
Disaster had come upon the north, and the plain of Jezreel saw the total defeat of the king and the rout of his army.
When he saw Mack and heard the details of his disaster he understood that half the campaign was lost, understood all the difficulties of the Russian army's position, and vividly imagined what awaited it and the part he would have to play.
The result was a great disaster, and Alexander had recourse to the old quibble of the Delphic oracle to Croesus for an explanation.
This defeat is coupled by Tacitus with the disaster of Varus, but it was disgraceful rather than dangerous.
This defeat is coupled by Tacitus with the disaster of Varus, but it was disgraceful rather than dangerous.
It was in vain that the heroic grand master, Henry of Plauen (1410-1413) sought to stem the tide of disaster; he was deposed by the chapter of the Order for his pains.