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In a magnitude 8 or above, he said most buildings downtown would see all their glass shattered, and major casualties would likely be from falling shards — not collapsing buildings.

The cemetery temporarily shut down in 2000 when, in response to a complaint, state investigators showed up and found bone fragments and casket shards strewn on the grounds.

Watching Davis travel through the site, gathering pieces of metal, shards of ceramics and glass — there were things to salvage, just as her father always had.

Others were bloodied from shards of broken glass or hid for hours on the roofs or beneath the leaves and plastic shrouding.

He says this was the result of Combs smashing a glass against a wall in a fit of rage, and the shards cutting Ethan's face.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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