soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
urgency; exigency; emergency
nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet
inscrutable; incomprehensible
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
social; societal; societary
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
(not) even with; (not) even using
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
within; inside of; less than
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
(dying of) natural causes
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
proving ground; test site
surgery; surgical procedure
medical treatment; medical care
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
to some extent; to a certain extent
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
body tissue; body composition
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
intimidation; threat; bluster
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to