potential disaster

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialanddisaster

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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disaster
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.stər/us
/dɪˈzæs.tɚ/
(an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or ...
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(Definition ofpotentialanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Months of planning and preliminary work set the stage for an installation based primarily on a low-tech, makeshift design, reeking ofpotentialdisaster(in all good ways).
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It seems to me that to store up so many difficult unresolved issues for one formal summit agenda is a recipe forpotentialdisaster.
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Coupled with high interest rates and the poll tax, this is apotentialdisasterfor farming.
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That is apotentialdisasterfor the health service.
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There was an obvious and simple solution to thatpotentialdisasterfor the region's aggregates industry.
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It was wrong to speak of the proposed wealth tax being apotentialdisasterto the national heritage.
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We have seen the threat andpotentialdisasterthat that has caused.
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We are living with magazines ofpotentialdisasterall round us.
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That is the size of thepotentialdisaster.
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First, we must regard it as an opportunity and not as apotentialdisaster.
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I am convinced that, in the current situation, hasty measures could have the same harmful effects as apotentialdisaster.
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The documents sketch out a mountain ofpotentialdisasterand produce a mouse of proposals.
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There is nopotentialdisaster; there is no disaster.
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That is no way in which to set up the new security forces, and it is a recipe forpotentialdisaster.
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Imagine thepotentialdisasterinherent in any of those operations.
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These areas surround the airport, which is one of the biggestpotentialdisasterareas in the country.
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That is anotherpotentialdisasterfor global trade.
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The idea of forcing nations together instead of nations working together as equals is festooned with doom andpotentialdisaster.
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We are now facing anotherpotentialdisaster—a great paralysis.
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That in turn equalspotentialdisaster, which, in turn, means fewer and not more benefits to the passengers.
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