maritime disaster

collocation in English

meaningsofmaritimeanddisaster

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maritime
adjective
uk
/ˈmær.ɪ.taɪm/us
/ˈmer.ə.taɪm/
connected with human activity ...
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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 ofmaritimeanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaritime disaster

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It was not the first of its kind, nor, sadly, was it the lastmaritimedisasterof its kind.
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Parliament adopts a resolution after everymaritimedisaster.
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He also asked whether the role of the local authority in cleaning up after amaritimedisasterwill be recognised and what funds will be made available.
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With an estimated death toll of 4,386 people, the collision resulted in the deadliest peacetimemaritimedisasterin history.
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Would this be a good opportunity to invoke the same procedure for rail disasters as for aviation and maritime disasters?
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Others attempt to exclude the possibility of maritime disasters occurring.
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It is scandalous because those responsible for maritime disasters should pay for everything.
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Speaking generally, all of us are appalled by maritime disasters such as those involving tankers that have affected our coast recently.
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The human factor is basic: 80 % of all maritime disasters are precisely ascribable to the human factor.
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Criminal sanctions should be used against those responsible for the environmental pollution caused by deliberate dumping and by maritime disasters.
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On the second point, it is unacceptable that in the final analysis much of the damage caused by maritime disasters is borne by the people who are the victims.
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Maritime disasters are usually followed by flurries of political activity which sound reassuring at the time but which have not always been followed through.
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When at sea, she charted hydrographic features, investigated maritime disasters, and performed humanitarian services for the victims of those disasters.
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The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
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It is notable as the burial place of many people who perished in local maritime disasters.
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Cases of fire, maritime disasters and landslides that took thousands of lives and damaged millions of properties.
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It was one of the worst maritime disasters ever.
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These troubled seas have witnessed countless maritime disasters in the centuries since ships first sailed here.
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The exact number of casualties will never be known, but the sinking of these two ships is one of the greatest maritime disasters of all time.
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