Nouns denoting natural events

discharge
the pouring forth of a fluid
 
samsara
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
 
landslide
a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
 
waltz
an assured victory (especially in an election)
 
devastation
an event that results in total destruction
 
heave
(geology) a horizontal dislocation
 
upsurge
a sudden forceful flow
 
extinction
complete annihilation
 
cracking
a sudden sharp noise
 
horse race
a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting
 
blighty wound
a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
 
nicker
the characteristic sounds made by a horse
 
replay
something (especially a game) that is played again
 
Fall of Man
(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death
 
abiotrophy
a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury
 
scrunch
a crunching noise
 
discharge
the sudden giving off of energy
 
splash
the sound like water splashing
 
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
 
bun-fight
(Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
 
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