Houses were damaged badly.

Meaning: The storm caused a lot of damage to houses.

Choice of Words: Houses are buildings where people live. Damaged means to cause harm or injury to something. Badly means to a great extent or degree.

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The houses were in ruins.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses a different word to describe how badly the houses were damaged.

Choice of Words: **Ruins** are the remains of something that has been destroyed. When you say that something is in ruins, it means that it has been badly damaged or destroyed. So, when we say that the houses were in ruins, it means that they were so badly damaged that they couldn't be lived in anymore.

The houses were uninhabitable.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses a different word to describe why the houses couldn't be lived in.

Choice of Words: **Uninhabitable** means that a place is not fit to live in. When we say that the houses were uninhabitable, it means that they were so badly damaged that people couldn't live in them anymore.

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