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Vocabulary on devastated places
Earthquake
● Struck: (Past simple & past participle
of strike) —> To cause a person or
place to suffer severely from the
effects of something very unpleasant
that happens suddenly.
● Wrecking: to destroy or badly damage
something
● Aftershocks: a smaller earthquake
following the main shock of a large
earthquake.
● Magnitude: The magnitude of an
earthquake is a measure of how strong or violent it is.
● Tremor: A slight earthquake (= sudden, violent movement of the earth’s surface)
● Wounded: injured, especially with a
cut or hole in the skin
● Devastation: damage and destruction
● Damage
● Emergency
● Humanitarian assistance:
● “Everybody is (...) freaked out and shaken”
● Chaos: a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
Hurricane​:
● Storm
● Explosion
● Rebuilding aftermath
● remade the landscape
● Destruction
● Grief
● flooded tunnels
● Accidents
● Trees ​smashed: ​violently break
(something) into pieces.
● storm ​slogged: ​hit (someone or
something) forcefully and typically
wildly
● rain and high winds
● disaster declarations
● the ​scope​ of the damage: scope =
range
● wilderness​ of fallen trees and power
lines: wilderness= uninhabited
● tragedy and survival
● water rushed in
● buildings that ​crumbled​: break or fall
apart into small fragments, especially
as part of a process of deterioration.
● rain and ​relentless​ wind: relentless =
intense
● storm knocked out the electricity.
● Evacuation
● River was flooded in the storm
● Railroad had not restored power
● Extensive damage
Tsunami
● Unstoppable walls
● permanent changes to the geography
of the región
● Waves of 98 feet
● swallowing up villages
● widespread destruction.
● sundered
● staggering
● struck
● prompting a swifter evacuation
● rumble off
● swept away
● slammed into
● damaged
● Destroyed
● disaster
● smashed
● sucked out to sea
● natural disasters
● Volcanic eruption
● Pummeled
● Hitting
● sped
● meltdown
● swamped

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Vocabulary

  • 1. Vocabulary on devastated places Earthquake ● Struck: (Past simple & past participle of strike) —> To cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly. ● Wrecking: to destroy or badly damage something ● Aftershocks: a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake. ● Magnitude: The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of how strong or violent it is. ● Tremor: A slight earthquake (= sudden, violent movement of the earth’s surface) ● Wounded: injured, especially with a cut or hole in the skin ● Devastation: damage and destruction ● Damage ● Emergency ● Humanitarian assistance: ● “Everybody is (...) freaked out and shaken” ● Chaos: a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
  • 2. Hurricane​: ● Storm ● Explosion ● Rebuilding aftermath ● remade the landscape ● Destruction ● Grief ● flooded tunnels ● Accidents ● Trees ​smashed: ​violently break (something) into pieces. ● storm ​slogged: ​hit (someone or something) forcefully and typically wildly ● rain and high winds ● disaster declarations ● the ​scope​ of the damage: scope = range ● wilderness​ of fallen trees and power lines: wilderness= uninhabited ● tragedy and survival ● water rushed in ● buildings that ​crumbled​: break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration. ● rain and ​relentless​ wind: relentless = intense ● storm knocked out the electricity. ● Evacuation ● River was flooded in the storm ● Railroad had not restored power ● Extensive damage
  • 3. Tsunami ● Unstoppable walls ● permanent changes to the geography of the región ● Waves of 98 feet ● swallowing up villages ● widespread destruction. ● sundered ● staggering ● struck ● prompting a swifter evacuation ● rumble off ● swept away ● slammed into ● damaged ● Destroyed ● disaster ● smashed ● sucked out to sea ● natural disasters ● Volcanic eruption ● Pummeled ● Hitting ● sped ● meltdown ● swamped