to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
proper; right; reasonable
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
comfort; consolation; diversion
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to become hoarse; to become husky
deep-seated grudge; hatred
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to give directions; to issue instructions
acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
results (of a study or investigation)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation