colossal disaster

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

The strategy was a colossal disaster.

"We have never had such a colossal disaster like this one," Mr. Shilo said.

Despite the colossal disaster, some plants in the area seem to have adapted well, flourishing in the contaminated soil.

Schwartz said it would be a "complete and colossal disaster" if Magna took over the N.Y.R.A. franchise.

UNDER OUR SKIN The story of Lyme disease — a colossal disaster waiting to happen, according to this documentary by Andy Abrahams Wilson.

The show, unfortunately, is such a colossal disaster that another critical thrashing seems entirely pointless.

"Out of my last eight pictures, I had six colossal disasters" — "A Face in the Crowd," "Wild River," and "Baby Doll" among them — "so what do you expect [the studios] to feel about me?" Kazan told Ciment.

But Bush also left them a path out from his own colossal disasters: the massive government bailout of the financial sector, and a Federal Reserve prepared to take unprecedented measures to bankroll the global economy.

I've been reading a lot of business books recently, and if there is one thing that all entrepreneurs have in common, it's a stunning track record of colossal disasters.

Experts have argued that the Dam, when completed, would cause colossal disasters to Bangladesh and India, with the former being vastly affected: the Dam would virtually dry up the Surma and Kushiara, two important rivers for Bangladesh.

Nevertheless, our thankfulness at the escape of our Army and so many men, whose loved ones have passed through an agonising week, must not blind us to the fact that what has happened in France and Belgium is a colossal military disaster.