trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
carrier strike group; CSG
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
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
to boil with rage; to be infuriated
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
national character; regional character
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
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
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
arrest; apprehension; capture
intelligence network; 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); extraction (of compressed data)
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
blow; shock; strike; batting
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
fish reef; reef where fish live and breed
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
retiring from military service
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)