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Procrastination

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to be slow or late about doing something that should be done

I know I’ve got to deal with the problem at some point - I’m just procrastinating.

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Humility

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Down to Earth

“They might be very rich, but it wouldn’t hurt them to show a little humility.”

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Humiliated

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Insulted

“I’ve never felt so humiliated in my life.”

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Endemic

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restricted or peculiar to a locality or region endemic diseases an endemic species

“Malaria is endemic in many of the hotter regions of the world.”

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Derail

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Train fell down from the track

“A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle”

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Rendered homeless

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became homeless

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City came to a stand still

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City went out of gear, City was limping back

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City came to a grinding halt

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to stop working or moving forward

“The machinery came to a grinding halt.”

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City was crippled

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severely damaged or malfunctioning

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Marooned

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Isolated, leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place

“A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island”

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Bettered

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improve on or surpass (an existing or previous level or achievement).

“His condition/account can hardly be bettered”

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Perish

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Totally spoiled/destroyed

“Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.”

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Whirlpool/hurricane/Tornado

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Twist in the air, type of storm called a tropical cyclone
Tornado: a strong, dangerous wind that forms itself into an upside-down spinning cone and is able to destroy buildings as it moves across the ground.

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Panic gripped

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Fear gripped in the mind

“a sudden overwhelming feeling of terror or anxiety, esp. one affecting a whole group of people.”

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Aftershocks

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After effect of destruction

“Aftershocks are earthquakes that follow the largest shock of an earthquake sequence.”
“Aftershocks can continue over a period of weeks, months, or years.”

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Craters

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Hole, hollow, cavity

“The blast left a crater in the car park”

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Potholes

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hollow in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence.

“He drove very cautiously over the potholes in the road”

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Thunder

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crashing noise heard after a lightning flash

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Lightning Struck

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an occurrence of something being hit by lightning

“The forest fire was caused by a lightning strike.”

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Hampered

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Obstructed

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Unprecedented rain

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Without any sudden warning

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Cloudburst

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Sudden excessive rain

In June 2013, a mid-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Spewed plumes

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Threw out, Spewed venom (Poison)

The volcano has been spewing up plumes of ash and toxic gas for days now

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Erupted

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Bursting of the Volcano

When a volcano erupts, it explodes and flames and rocks come out of it.

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Mutilated/ Mauled/Mangled

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Totally broken, wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.

“A man was mauled by a lion at London Zoo”

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Mayhem

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Total destruction

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Mounted

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something on which something else is or can be attached

“Two dozen mounted soldiers rode alongside him”

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Succumbed injury

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die from the effect of a disease or injury.

“After a few blows there, the Tiger succumbs”

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Toll

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Number of people Dead

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Engulfed

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sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Fire engulfed

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Raging fire

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Fast spreading fire

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Forest Fire

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a large, destructive fire that spreads over a forest or area of woodland

Bandipur forest fire

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Tsunami

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Large ocean wave, catastrophic ocean wave,

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Typhoon

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Sea Storm

A typhoon is a giant, rotating storm that brings wind, rain, and destruction.

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Tossing

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Throw something lightly

The cars were tossed during the tsunami.

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Trees ripped apart

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to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces

The child ripped the toy apart.

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Trees uprooted

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Due to the high velocity of the wind the trees uprooted

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Landfall

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A place where cyclone touches the ground

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Wind hurling/howling/Gusty wind

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Wind blowing with high velocity

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Mass Cremation

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Mass buried

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Tumbled

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Rolled

I lost my footing and tumbled down the stairs.

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Boulders

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Big or huge rocks

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Water gushed in

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Water coming in with full force

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Swept away

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Washed away with the force of the water

45
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Raging river

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Fast raising water level

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Swirling/ Swollen river

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Bulged, increased water level

And during the rainy season it was difficult to cross the swollen river.

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Inclement weather

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Not favorable

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Blizzard

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a severe snowstorm with strong winds

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Avalanche

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Snow storm, too many things that arrive or happen at the same time

We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints.

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Fissure/Chasm/ Crevasse

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Huge gaps, a narrow opening or crack

“parting a fissure in the earth’s crust”

A crevasse is a deep crack, or fracture, found in an ice sheet or glacier.

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Road caved in

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Collapsing, breaking inward [Road caved in because of earthquake.]

“We were able to get the kids out of the house before the roof caved in.”

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Catastrophic

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Complete destruction

Complete destruction
“A catastrophic earthquake”

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Evacuated

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Shifted to a safer place

“several families were evacuated from their homes”

54
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Breach in dam

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Crack, opening or a breakthrough of a dam

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Fished out

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to pull something out of water, bag or pocket

“Police fished a body out of the river this morning.”

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Ferry

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Boat, commute, travel

a boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service.

57
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Drown

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die through submersion in and inhalation of water

Sink simply means that something, perhaps you, go down in something. You can sink to the bottom of a lake, and then come back up. This is not forever.
Drown means that you die because you get too much liquid of some kind in your lungs.

– The boat sank, 15 passengers drowned.

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Capsized

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Boat overturned

“When the boat capsized we were trapped underneath it.”

59
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Sink

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Go down below the surface of water, become submerged

“The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank (to the bottom of the ocean) in 1912.

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Plunged

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Falling with force, move or fall suddenly

“The car went out of control and plunged over the cliff.”
“The bus plunged into the river.“

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Extricated

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Pullout someone from a trapped situation

“He was trying to extricate himself from official duties”

62
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Rescued

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Save (someone) from a dangerous situation

“firemen rescued a man trapped in the river”

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Victim

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The person who has suffered,

The new drug might help save the lives of cancer victims.

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Survivor

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a person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died

“a survivor from last year’s team”

65
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On war footing / Round the clock

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Continuously 24 hours

If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.

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Launched

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Started

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Wreckage

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Broken parts of the building or the vehicle

“The wreckage of a crashed aircraft”

SYNONYMS:
wreck, debris, detritus, remainder
hulk, shell, skeleton, hull, frame
ruins, remains, remnants, relics, fragments, pieces

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Building collapsed/Crumbled

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Building fell down, break or fall apart into small fragments

Building collapse happens when the load applied to the building is too much that the foundation, and other structural elements of a building cannot resist or carry the load applied.
Building collapse simply means the breakdown of a structure.

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Impact/Effect

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Impact of stress, Impact of the tremor

“high interest rates have impacted on retail spending”

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Richter Scale

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Scale/unit for measuring earthquake

Read as “Rick-ter” scale

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Tremor

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Shaking of the earth

“The explosion was of such intensity that it was heard five miles away.”

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Chaos/Melee

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Confusion, confused struggle

They were seriously injured in the melee.

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Intensity

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extreme degree of strength, force

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Magnitude

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Force

Magnitude of Earthquake.

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Stampede

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Crushing under the feet

An occasion when many large animals or many people suddenly all move quickly and in an uncontrolled way.

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Eye of the storm

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Epic center, Ground Zero, Zero down

If you say that someone or something is at the eye of the storm, you mean they are the main subject of a public disagreement.

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Ravaged

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Totally damaged

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Rattled / Jolted /Rocked/ Hit

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Shook badly, push or shake (someone or something) abruptly

Earthquakes rattled/rocked. || The train jolted into motion.

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Nature’s calamity/ Wrath/Rage/Fury

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Nature’s anger / disaster

Earthquakes are the wrath of the sea ||
Nature’s fury refers to sudden change in environment that may result in natural disasters that are unexpected like Tsunami, earthquakes, landslides, flash floods etc

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Receded

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Water going back, go or move back

The flood waters had receded.

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Submerged

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Something to be under water

Houses had been flooded and cars submerged

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Power line snapped

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Sudden cut in power line

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Deteriorating Situation

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Condition becoming worse

“His condition is deteriorating.”

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Devastated

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Totally destroyed

“Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and went to the mountains.”

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Wrecks Havoc

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Revenged/totally destroyed/wrecks havoc on your health

“A powerful tornado wreaked havoc on the small village.”

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Mudslide

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wet dirt that moves down a hill

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Landslide

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a collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.

“The road was blocked by a landslide.” || “They won by a landslide.”

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Triggered

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Sparked

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Pandemic

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Contagious disease spreading all over the world

A PANDEMIC is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents.

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Epidemic

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Contagious disease spreading locally

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Outbreak

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Sudden start

The outbreak of CoronaVirus.

92
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Drenched

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Fully wet

A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us.

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Inundated with phone calls

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Too many phone calls

Inundated with clients calls.

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Deluge of problems

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Too much of problems

I have a deluge of work.

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Carcasses

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Decomposed dead bodies

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Stranded

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Stuck in one place

He left me stranded in town with no car and no money for a bus.

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Wade

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Walking through water

He was wading through water logged roads in MG road.

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Waterlogged roads

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Full of water

“Parts of the Bangalore were waterlogged”

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Deluge

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a severe flood

Deluge of work | Deluge of problems

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Inundated

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Flooded

Inundated with phone calls, Car parking area is inundated

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Intermittent Rains

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Not continuous rains, coming and going at intervals

“Both the 1993 and 1994 races were spoilt by intermittent rain.”

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Relentless Rains

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Continuous rains

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Incessant Rains

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Nonstop & continuous rains

never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way: incessant rain/noise/complaints.

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Rain Pounded

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Heavy rains, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise

“Heavy rain pounded on the roof.”

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Heavy Downpour

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Heavy rain, Very heavy rainstorm

“A downpour is a rainstorm, especially a very heavy one.”

106
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Rain Cats & Dogs

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Rain very hard

“If it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining unusually or unbelievably hard.”

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Torrential Rains

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Raining extremely hard, heavy rains

When there’s a torrential storm, there’s so much rain falling so fast that you’ll be soaked in about three seconds.

108
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Rain Lashed

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Heavy rain

“Lashing rain means very heavy and very fast, usually because it is windy.”

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Drizzle

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Little Rain, Rain lightly

“It’s started to drizzle”
“Tomorrow will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.”

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