Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• under fire: Being heavily criticized.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• fly by: To pass quickly
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• military: Army or armed forces
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• investigation: Search for information about something
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• surround: To be all the way around something
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• business: A company formed for making profit
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• escalation: An increase in severity
• aerial: Being done, living or seen in the air
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• naval: Concerning a navy or ships used in war
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers