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Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus

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2019
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They saw a farmhouse and ran towards it to ask for water, but it was empty.

destroy VERB

To destroy something means to damage it so much it cannot be mended.

crush

The cottages were crushed under the feet of the angry giant.

damage

A tree fell in the storm and damaged our garden shed.

demolish

Builders demolished an empty house to make space for a new theatre.

ruin

People complained that the new building ruined their view.

smash

The jetty was smashed when a motorboat went out of control.

wreck

Many ships used to be wrecked on rocks around the coast before lighthouses were built to signal warnings.

different (1) ADJECTIVE

Something that is different from something else is not like it in one or more ways.

assorted

I like boxes of assorted biscuits best.

changed

He seemed changed somehow. Perhaps it was the short hair.

mixed

Alex had mixed feelings about going up a grade at school.

opposite

Mum’s quite opposite to me. She likes my room to be tidy and I like it to be a mess.

various

He had various excuses for being late.

different (2) ADJECTIVE

Something different is unusual and out of the ordinary.

bizarre

Have you seen Polly’s new hairstyle? It’s really bizarre!

extraordinary

The magician at the party performed some extraordinary tricks.

peculiar

There was something peculiar about the expression on his face.

special

I wanted to do something special for my seventh birthday.

unusual

The baby had an unusual cry.

➔ something else

dig VERB

When people or animals dig, they break up a surface.

burrow

Rabbits keep burrowing holes in the vegetable patch.

excavate

Archeologists are excavating at an ancient burial site.

hollow

Hollow out the centre of the pumpkin and cut teeth and eyeholes in the skin.

quarry

Marble has been quarried in Italy for many centuries.
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