face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
countermeasure; counter-measure
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
answering machine; answer phone
Alison; Allison; Allyson; Alyson
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
one large ...; a great ...
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
magic bullet; magic bullets
jeon; Korean dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg and fried
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Hades (Greek god); Pluto (Roman god)
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
SUV; sport utility vehicle
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
to become rampant; to be rife
clergyman; churchman; clergy
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace