violent explosion; bursting
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
thousands; several thousand
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
rolling (ship, etc.); rolling (start, plan, etc.); illegal street racing
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
offensive (movement); aggression
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
battle formation; military formation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
disorder; chaos; confusion
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
single-seater; single-seated; sitting alone