to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
battlefield; battleground
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin