bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
column shape; cylinder; columnar
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
battlefield; battleground
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to save; to leave over; to spare
interior; inside; internal
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
attenuation; damping; decay
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
tank (military vehicle); chariot