1 lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune

2 Schadenfreude

1 to avoid calamities

1 fire (that burns buildings etc)

1 disaster

2 calamity

1 disaster

2 catastrophe

1 natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)

1 lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune

2 Schadenfreude

1 to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)

1 lit. to flood (idiom)

2 fig. rampant

3 in plague proportions

1 a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)