invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
each nation; many nations; many countries
almost; roughly; approximately
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
that is to say; so that means
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
military campaign; battle; war
to die out; to become extinct
moderate faction; moderates
reigning; controlling; dictating
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
call; summons; convening; convocation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
town; city; municipal; urban
sharia; shariah; shariat; Islamic canonical law
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding