total disaster

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalanddisaster

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has been atotaldisasterfor agriculture!
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It was atotaldisasterfor the electorate and it cannot be repeated.
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It will be atotaldisasterfor this country.
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We should get out of the common agricultural policy, which is atotaldisaster, as everyone agrees.
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Is it true, as rumoured, that that system has been atotaldisaster, with almost no take-up?
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In short, it is atotaldisaster, a huge hole blown in the delicate web of that area's economy.
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The same policies today in a static market can only producetotaldisaster.
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However, as the head of a great steel industry he is atotaldisaster.
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The whole process has been atotaldisaster.
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Most of them face liquidity problems which are acute, and some of them are very near tototaldisaster.
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In some cases, it would threaten already fragile economies withtotaldisaster.
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However, the difference between a near miss andtotaldisasteris sometimes slight.
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The amendment will be of no help in that respect because the scheme has been atotaldisaster.
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What one also has to look at is thetotaldisasterthat would be facing our industrial economy if we did not have that market.
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Had that occurred, it would have been atotaldisaster.
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The generic social worker has been atotaldisaster.
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That is why it will be atotaldisaster.
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Publicity could have meanttotaldisasterfor the rest of that doctor's life.
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If the change is made overnight, it is atotaldisaster.
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The consequences weretotaldisaster, losses, and today's announcement of the colliery's closure.
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