absolute disaster

collocation in English

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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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 ofabsoluteanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So too would cheerfulness and patience in the face ofabsolutedisaster.
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He referred to it as a contradiction in terms or as anabsolutedisaster, which is not much of a contribution to the subject.
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If it is not resolved,absolutedisasterlies ahead.
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Is not the failure to agree on 7-day manning anabsolutedisaster?
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Actual experience amounted to rushing through the poll tax legislation, which was anabsolutedisaster.
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I should regard the giving of further contracts to existing contractors as anabsolutedisaster.
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We also know that for some people it can prove to be anabsolutedisaster.
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If that was muddle, the last year has been anabsolutedisaster.
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In my opinion that would have been anabsolutedisaster.
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All experience shows that admission charges are anabsolutedisasterand the sooner they are abolished for good the better.
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That is over and above theabsolutedisasterthat is caused to many families in this country and throughout the world.
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We are grateful for that because it will mean an assured future for the industry, which would otherwise have facedabsolutedisaster.
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It would, however, be anabsolutedisasterif this controversy became politically polarised.
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He told us about his resignation—anabsolutedisasterat the time, but every cloud has a silver lining because it led to my appointment.
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I believe that everybody agrees that this would be anabsolutedisaster.
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Any settlement based on the lines of repudiation would beabsolutedisaster.
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Surely that is a recipe forabsolutedisasterwhen they land on those shores.
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I wonder whether he did that because the model showed that it would be anabsolutedisasterif we went into the scheme.
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He pointed out that the island was heading towardsabsolutedisaster, and his recommendation was a grant-in-aid of one shilling per cwt.
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How does he prove, in the face of those facts, that internment has been anything but anabsolutedisaster?
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