deployment; spreading out; dispersal
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
above; going steadily upward
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
safety; welfare; well-being
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
belief; faith; conviction
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to