Vocabulary #6-Damage and Deterioration

to have a negative effect on; to ruin OR something that ruins or greatly harm; a terrible condition, environment, or process

• blight

• cataclysm

• pugnactious

• mar

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an intense and violent disaster or change

• cataclysm

• pugnacious

• stagnant

• havoc

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

the process of rotting, breaking down, or disintegration

• decomposition

• blight

• eradicaition

• mar

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

the act of tearing out by the roots, or of eliminating as if tearing out by the roots

• eradication

• cataclysm

• blight

• pulverize

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

widespread destruction and devastation OR chaos and disorder

• havoc

• mar

• obliterate

• pulverize

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

stale and foul because of lack of movement OR lacking progress or vitality

• stagnant

• pulverize

• mar

• havoc

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to inflict damage or spoil the quality of

• mar

• obliterate

• pugnacious

• havoc

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to wipe out completely; to do away with, leaving no trace

• obliterate

• blight

• cataclysm

• eradication

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

combative; eager for a fight

• pugnacious

• pulverize

• havoc

• eradicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to pound, crush, or grind into powder or dust

• pulverize

• obliterate

• mar

• stagnant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E