robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
how; in what way; by what means
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
very likely; very probable
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
hostility; animosity; enmity
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
automatic; intransitive verb
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe