Event causing great damage, injury or loss (8)

I believe the answer is:

disaster

(Other definitions for disaster that I've seen before include "Star dies (anag)" , "Catastrophe, calamity" , "not a success!" , "Catastrophic occurrence" , "Event causing great damage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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