Converse of object

• avert: Averting disaster in advance brings humanity to rise to its full stature, by choice: itself a major evolutionary step.

• spell: A weak link in the chain can spell disaster.

• loom: Awareness of a looming disaster was triggered by Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring.

Adjective modifier

• natural: Natural disasters have been causing lots of problems recently.

• humanitarian: The humanitarian disaster following an invasion may seem almost unimaginable in its scale.

• unmitigated: For the exploiting classes globally the October Revolution was an unmitigated disaster.

• man-made: Natural or man-made disasters can prove devastating for an unprepared business.

• impending: Suppose those to be effected have no plans to deal with impending disaster?

• ecological: The implication is that Kyoto is good coin and if put into effect can actually prevent an ecological disaster.

Modifies a noun

• recovery: For instance a disaster recovery plan will only ever be used in the event of a disaster.

• preparedness: BGS translated mission-critical Web site content related to disaster preparedness.

• relief: Simultaneous contingencies may include: Disaster relief for nuclear accident.

• strike: Disaster strikes: a plague among the Outsiders in the underground tunnels.

• Strike: Before Disaster Strikes Sarah La Trobe outlines why NGOs should think more about incorporating disaster risk reduction in development work.

Noun used with modifier

• tsunami: As we have seen with the recent tsunami disaster, when tragedy strikes, its impacts are felt far and wide.

• b-line: SATURDAY Tonight we were going to the Barfly in Camden for MTV2 Gonzo On Tour featuring The 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster.

• earthquake: In 561 it experienced a second earthquake disaster and in the 6 th century was hit with a major plague epidemic.

• mining: In Devon, Dartmoor prison built In Parliament: Series of mining disasters lead to the Coal mines inspection act.

• shuttle: The second example concerns the Challenger space shuttle disaster in the ' 80s.

• WTC: I really don't know what to make of the three above mentioned references to the WTC disaster.