destruction; annihilation; extermination
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
position; location; base; point; site
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
preface; introduction; preamble
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
question; inquiry; enquiry
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
defense; defence; protection
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
intercept; interception; counter-attack
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation