annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
prospects of victory; chances of success
survival; survivor; relic
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to try to do; to attempt to do
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
it's no joke; gimme a break!
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
while alive; during one's lifetime
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
even more; still more; further
battlefield; battleground
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
in company; among people; philtrum
even though; despite; when
to put into effect; to put into practice
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
power balance; balance of power
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing