device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
communication skills; communication ability
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
to help each other; to cooperate
greater than ...; bigger ...
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
on bad terms; at loggerheads
expulsion movement; boycott
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
to change direction (of policy, etc.); (lit.) to turn the rudder (of a ship)
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
cyberattack; cyber attack; cyber-attack; hacking attack
bot (autonomous computer program, esp. on a network)
major incident; major happening; big scandal
establishment; settlement
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
murder; killing; murderer
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling