Vocabulary

• head out: To leave a place; depart
• in waves: Occurring in large, flowing bursts or groups.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• military: Army or armed forces
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• huge: Very very large
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• escalation: An increase in severity
• parcel: A package or box wrapped in paper sent in the mail
• dangle: To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• provocation: Causing anger or resentment, often deliberately
• arson: Crime of burning property
• airspace: Area in the sky controlled by a country