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a nuclear bomb |
a bomb whose force is due to uncontrolled nuclear fusion or nuclear fission
in 1910 a nuclear bomb was exploted in japan. |
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a volcano |
a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit,formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelled through it.
I went to a volano in michuacan |
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a tsunami |
an unusually large sea wave produced by a sea quake or under sea volcanic eruption.
yesturday vallarta sufred a tsunami |
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an earthquake |
a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt ruptureand rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowlyaccumulating.
one year ago in gdl was a earthquake. |
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a flood |
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usuallysubmerged.
a flood can stay over thn 1 meter. |
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a hurracain |
a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, havingwind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec).Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
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