wound; injury; trauma; cut
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
basis for decision; evidence for judging
regular customer; general audience; general public
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
change; transformation; inversion
trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
war situation; progress of a battle
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
dreadnought (class of warships)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
instruction; direction; briefing