A chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person; a disaster.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dumpster, fire.
Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
The aftermath of a train crash.
A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.