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One antonym, (or, the opposite word) for all that is implied by the word disaster, is contained in the word auspicious. The word disaster describes or implies an event which is not always death or the extinguishing of the spark of life, yet as a result of the disaster, all hope for good, or for life of a thing or things; or persons, either singularly or in a group, is destroyed. Also implied in a disaster is that the forces which brought it about did so in a spectacular way and in a way which is outside of the natural course of events. In itself, death is not usually considered a disaster. But the freakish and sudden suffering and death of many people is a disaster. If a tornado of unimaginable fury should suddenly pass over a portion of land where the lives of many people are lost and much property is laid waste, it may be rightly called a disaster. So when a single destructive force or any multiplicity of forces come together in a hugely destructive way, and, at least for that moment, preclude hope for continuation; when many persons are harmed in a horrific way, or a single entity is irrevocably harmed or a thing of immense value is broken, or things are broken beyond all repair we may say that the event is or was a disaster.

However, at the other end of the spectrum of circumstance, an event is called auspicious when in the course of human or natural interaction, an unmistakable sign somehow arises, which, to those who can read it, promises good fortune in the present; that is to say, at the time of the auspicious event, and as either a direct result of the event or a byproduct of the event, bodes extremely well for the future.

Auspiciousness is often thought to be religious in nature, as in a blessing from one who is capable of bestowing extreme or even ultimate happiness on others in the present and the future.

Another antonym for disaster is celebration. A celebration is an event which is consciously and by intention, a happy event. Frequently the event is framed by a beginning, a high point, and an ending. Celebration tends to honor, in a festive way, something and/or someone. Festivity, by the way, is another antonym. Tribute, yet another. A miracledescribes an event which, in truth, manifests in the world but which originates in the realm of the divine, the extra-worldly source of unlimited good, and therefore may rightly be said to be an antonym of disaster.

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