collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
prime minister; premier; chancellor
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
distant place; faraway location; far away
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fly around; to scatter
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)