touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
power; might; authority; influence
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
retry; another try; another go
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
interruption; suspension; break
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
gossip; corner of the mouth
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
meteor; shooting star; falling star
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny