victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
ability; performance; efficiency
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
place; situation; position; location
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to turn towards; to point
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)