mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
threat; intimidation; menace
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
chain mail (armor, armour)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
because of; owing to; due to
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
(one) could even say that
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
at once; immediately; right now
home delivery (of food); outside catering
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
reaction; response; reaction
bakery; baker; pastry shop
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
confusion; mixing; merger
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
family; relatives; dependents; household
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow