behavioral science; behavioural science
person affected by a disease; sufferer
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
irrational (line of) argument
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
entering and leaving hospital
history of; experience of
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
carrier strike group; CSG
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
convenient; expedient; makeshift
wandering; rambling; roaming
very great; enormous; serious
to be damaged; to receive damage
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
national character; regional character
natural calamity; disaster
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
needless to say; it goes without saying
arrest; apprehension; capture
intelligence or information network
war; battle; match; game; competition
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
shoreline protection or operations
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
pending question; unresolved problem
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
decline; fall; decay; withering
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
freighter (aircraft); cargo plane
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge