DestructionTerrible damage

(noun)

Synonym: damage, devastation

Related Words: destroy (verb) – to break apart

MajorVery large or important

(adjective)

Synonym: important, main, key; Antonym: Minor

Related Words: Major (noun) military officer or division of something (Major League Baseball)

PreventTo stop from happening

(verb)

Synonym: Stop, avoid; Antonym: Cause, permit

Related Words: prevention (noun) to act of stopping something

RecoveryThe process of getting back to

normal(noun)

Synonym: healing, mending

Related Words: Recover (verb) – return to former state

SevereVery bad or serious

(adjective)

Synonym: harsh, serious, strong, brutal, strictAntonym: weak, mild, gentle

Related Words: Severity (noun) - strictness

FocusTo pay close attention

(verb)

Synonym: center, concentrate, emphasis

Exceededwas greater than

(verb)

Synonym: go beyond, surpass, top

Increase To make or get larger

(verb)

Synonym: enlarge, boost

Antonym: decrease

IntensityGreat strength or extreme degree

(adjective)Synonym: power, greatness, force

Related Words: intense (adj) – strong feelings

Degree A unit of measurement

(noun)

Synonym: amount, scale, measure

MetallicMade of metal

(adjective)

Synonym: tinny

Abandon To leave behind

(verb)Synonym: desert, relenquish

Related Words: abandonment (noun)

EvacuateTo leave due to an

emergency(verb)

Synonym: leave, abandonRelated Words: evacuation (noun)

Cycle A sequence of events

that repeats itself(noun)

synonym: rotation, series

Moistdamp

(adjective)

Synonym: soggy, clammy, humid

Antonym: dry

ComplicateTo make difficult

(verb)

Synonym: confuse, “make matters worse”

*add suffix –ion to make a nouncomplication

ConstructTo build by putting together

(verb)

Synonym: build, assemble, create

*Add suffix –ion to make a nounconstruction

EducateTo provide with information

(verb) Synonym: teach, inform, instruct

* add suffix –ion to make a nouneducation