ABSTRACT
Houses, buildings, walls, gate, doors, roof, window, floor, ground, base, foundations
Cannon, gunpowder, blast, explosion
Swords, cudgels, baton, mace
Battering ram, blow, thud
Gates, bar, hinges
Missiles, boulders, stones, rocks, wood, sticks, arrows, bolts
Shower, hail, billows, sheets, chunks
Fragments, splinters, shrapnel
Fire, Greek fire, flares, flames, inferno, light, heat, smoke, embers, ash, steam
Debris, rubble
Hole, gap, crack, breach
Silence, peel, chime, clang, ring, rumble, thump, thud, crash, boom, crackle
Cry, moans, groans, screams, shrieks
Similes/ Huge, black arrows, each larger than a man; a blazing bedlam; Metaphors balls of flames like fiery comets; rampaging, swirling tongues
of fire; blown like shrapnel; a wave of fire; rocked like the deck of a ship in a storm; hung like a stilled breath on everything it touched; echoed like gunshots
Adjectives Wounded, injured, dying
Inward, outward
Still, silent, quiet, eerie
Large, huge, enormous, massive
Few, couple, several
First, next, final
Wood, iron, metal
Black, grey, dark
Fiery, flaming, blazing, smouldering
Swirling, whirling, churning, rampaging, uncontrollable
Non-existent, missing, damaged, crushed
Hollow, muffled
Booming, roaring, ear-splitting
Ominous, menacing, foreboding
Horrifying, frightening, terrifying
Verbs Flew, shot, slung, tossed, burst, ripped, hurled, hurtled, launched, propelled, blasted, exploded
Rolled, bounced, landed, thumped
Poured, hailed, rained, sprayed, showered, plunged, plummeted
Hit, smashed, crashed, slammed, punched, battered, pounded
Cracked, splintered, crumbled, shattered, crushed, flattened, wrecked
Shook, shivered, shuddered, juddered, rocked, swayed, toppled, collapsed
Bent, tore, hung, dangled
Gathered, collected, massed, piled
Swept, slithered, dispersed, expanded
Began, started, ended, finished
Rose, curled, wrapped, blew, billowed, surged, raged
Grew, spread, flared, erupted, blazed, flashed
Covered, lost, screened, masked, draped, enveloped, swathed, cloaked, choked, suffocated
Remained, left, survived
Held up, propped
Charred, blistered, scorched, seared, singed
Echoed, rang, resounded, resonated, reverberated
PHRASES – NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
PHRASES – VERBS
SENTENCES
Several boulders sailed through the air.
