formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
example; illustration; precedent
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
hardships; privations; difficulties
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
at the top of one's voice
to enumerate; to count up
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
reprisals; retaliatory measures
good; goodness; right; virtue
advocate; defender; champion; backer
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
because; for; the reason why is ...
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
to smoke out (insects, animals, etc.)
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
heavy bombing; intensive bombing
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
naked eye; the physical eye
recovery; undoing; recall
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
when it comes to ...; as for ...