companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
battlefield; battleground
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
half-hearted; overly optimistic; naive; inexperienced; immature; green
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
trivial; not amounting to much
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
front tooth; foretooth; incisor
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
expression; look; countenance; face
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying