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disaster
/dɪˈzæs.tə/
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habitatnounThe natural home of a plant or animal.
orchardnounA piece of land where fruit trees are grown.
deforestationnounThe cutting down of large areas of forest.
ozonenounA form of oxygen in the upper atmosphere that protects Earth from harmful sunlight.
emissions-freeadjectiveProducing no harmful gas.
fragmentationnounThe breaking of something whole into small separate parts.
thawverbTo change from frozen to liquid, or to become warm enough for ice to melt.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)