Three-month state of emergency declared in Turkey Level 1

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  1. aftershock
    a tremor following the main tremor of an earthquake
    Turkey's president warned of a "large number of aftershocks".
  2. quake
    shake with fast, unsteady movements
    The powerful quakes hit nine hours apart.
  3. emergency
    a sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action
    There is a three-month state of emergency in Turkey after two deadly earthquakes.
  4. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
    The first was a magnitude 7.5 and the second was 7.8.
  5. rescue
    free from harm or evil
    Search and rescue teams are trying to reach the disaster areas.
  6. injured
    harmed
    Emergency teams are giving essential health care for the injured people.
  7. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    Search and rescue teams are trying to reach the disaster areas.
  8. mourn
    feel sadness
    Germany said: "We mourn with the victims and fear for those buried."
  9. victim
    an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances
    Germany said: "We mourn with the victims and fear for those buried."
  10. essential
    basic and fundamental
    Emergency teams are giving essential health care for the injured people.
  11. bury
    place in a grave or tomb
    Germany said: "We mourn with the victims and fear for those buried."
  12. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
    Search and rescue teams are trying to reach the disaster areas.
  13. warn
    notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
    Turkey's president warned of a "large number of aftershocks".
  14. support
    the activity of supplying with money or necessities
    The world is giving support to Turkey and Syria.
  15. promise
    a verbal commitment agreeing to do something in the future
    He promised to give "any help that is needed".
  16. suffer
    undergo or be subjected to
    Syria has already suffered for years from war.
  17. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
    The conditions and weather are terrible.
  18. cause
    events that provide the generative force of something
    They caused a lot of death and damage in Turkey and Syria.
  19. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    There is a three-month state of emergency in Turkey after two deadly earthquakes.
Created on Tue Jun 06 09:42:48 EDT 2023 (updated Tue Jun 06 09:45:05 EDT 2023)

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