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When Disaster Strike
rd180 wkshp #2 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| destruction | terrible damage |
| major | very large or important |
| prevent | to stop from happening |
| recovery | the process of getting back to normal |
| severe | very bad or serious |
| focus | to pay close attention |
| exceeded | was greater than |
| increase | to make or get larger |
| intensity | great strength or extreme degree |
| degree | a unit of measurement |
| metallic | made of metal |
| abandon | to leave behind |
| evacuate | to leave due to an emergency |
| cycle | a sequence of events that repeats itself |
| moist | damp |
| hurricane | a storm that has very fast winds and heavy rains |
| surge | a large increase in something that happens quickly |
| volt | a unit used to measure the force of an electric current |