isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
scale; scope; plan; structure
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
power; might; authority; influence
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
street fighting; urban warfare
to be burned out (of one's home)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
outside the city; suburbs
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
curse; spell; malediction
alert status; emergency alert
official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
supervised; under surveillance
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)