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14 Cards in this Set
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massive
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large in scale, amount, or degree
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survivor
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a person who survives or lives through some occurrence like an earthquake
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tsunami
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an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption
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epicenter
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a point directly above the true center of an earthquake from which shockwaves radiate.
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engulf
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to swallow up
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ferocity
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savage fierceness
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displaced
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lacking a home
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derailed
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to cause a train to run off the rails of a track
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coastal
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land bordering a coast
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suspended
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to bring to a stop
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outlying
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at a distance from the center
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temblor
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another word for an earthquake
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Richter scale
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a measure the intensity of an earthquake
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seismograph
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instrument for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
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