failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
blame; censure; reproof; reprimand; rebuke
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
form; method; system; formula
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
semantic content (of a term); meaning (of a sentence)
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to lean against; to set against
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband