army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
severe earthquake; violent tremor
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
entreaty; supplication; petition
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
leader (of an alliance); leading power
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
national border; provincial border
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to rank next to; to come after
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
those (near the second person)
common front; united front
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
around the world; throughout the world