Earthquakes - Choose the words that best fit into the blanks Earthquakes are the most destructive (1) ________________ disasters. They usually (2) ________________ without any warning and result in a great (3) ________________ of life and an enormous demolition of buildings. Additionally, they may cause (4) ________________ landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in (5) ________________, are colossal walls of water smashing into seashores with such (6) ________________ that they are (7) ________________ of destroying coastal cities. However, the (8) ________________ majority of fatalities and serious injuries (9) ________________ about when buildings collapse. Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to (10) ________________ once the shaking starts. The savage forces of an earthquake trigger off a (11) ________________ chain reaction in the building’s (12) ________________ when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled. A building’s height, its (13) ________________ and construction materials are the most significant (14) _______________ deciding about the survival and collapse of the structure and, consequently, about the life or death of its (15) ________________. (1) nature natural native naturalistic (2) hit strike fall attack (3) fatality waste harm loss (4) overwhelming disturbing devastating destructive (5) certainty honesty truth fact (6) liveliness force influence command (7) potential capable conceivable possible (8) vast wide broad full (9) bring come lay make (10) escape divert abandon discard (11) compound composite complex complicated (12) design configuration formation structure (13) shape figure character spirit (14) keys reasons causes factors (15) settlers citizens inhabitants natives