devastation (noun)
61Belarus — /byel euh roohs , bel /, n. official name of Byelorussia. * * * Belarus Introduction Belarus Background: After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and… …
62Haiti — /hay tee/, n. 1. Formerly, Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 6,611,407; 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Cap.: Port au Prince. 2. Also, Hayti. a former name of Hispaniola. * * * Haiti… …
63Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
64Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
65Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
66Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
67trail — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 line/smell that sb/sth leaves behind ADJECTIVE ▪ scent ▪ Ants follow a scent trail laid down previously. ▪ blood, smoke, vapour/vapor ▪ faint …
68catastrophe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. calamity, disaster, upheaval, cataclysm, paroxysm. See adversity, destruction,evil. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disaster, calamity, mishap, mischance, misadventure, failure, fiasco, misery, accident,… …
69wreck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, ruin, undoing; accident, collision, crack up, smash up, crash; shipwreck; derelict; ruined person, human wreckage; breakup; ruins, demolition, wreckage, junk. v. t. smash, crash, crack up …
70Newcastle — /ˈnjukasəl/ (say nyoohkahsuhl), / kæsəl/ (say kasuhl) noun 1. a city in NSW situated north of Sydney at the mouth of the Hunter River; coalmining, site of BHP Ltd s first steel works in 1915; an earthquake in 1989, measuring 5.5 on the Richter… …
