Damage & Destruction

Fis forFracture

A fracture is a break in a bone or other hard part of the body. The picture is an x-ray of a cat who has a fractured leg.

Damage

Christopher Woo / CC BY-SA

Gis forGash

A gash is a large, deep, jagged wound. The dog in the picture has had a gash on his face stitched up.

Holes, Damage

Minette Layne / CC BY-SA

Iis forImperfection

An imperfection, or flaw, stops something from being perfect.

Damage

PublicDomainPictures / CC BY-SA

Mis forMark (damage)

A mark is a visible sign of damage or change.

Damage

Giraffian / CC BY-SA

Ris forRip

Rip is another word for tear, where you damage something by pulling it in two different directions at once until it breaks.

Verbs, Damage

Stefan Powell / CC BY-SA

Ris forRipped

Ripped is the past tense of rip. Something that has been damaged by being ripped is described as being ripped. A similar word to ripped is torn.

Adjectives, Past, Damage

Joelk75 / CC BY-SA

Ris forRot

Something rots as it breaks into smaller pieces and disintegrates, usually because it is decaying.

Damage

Lukas Mathis / CC BY-SA

Ris forRuin

Ruins are what remains of a house or some other building when it has not been looked after for a long time and starts to fall apart. Ruins of buildings that are very, very old are often considered to be very interesting, and people will come from a long way to look at them.

Structures, Damage, Waste

Ben Hosking / CC BY-SA

Ris forRust

Rust is what happens to iron when there is moisture around. Things will rust faster if there is any salt in the water, which happens often near the sea or if salt has been used to de-ice roads or sidewalk. Rust is a distinctive reddish-brown. It is common to see old cars falling apart from rust.

Stones, Damage