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weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

2

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

1

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

1

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

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

2

(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus

1

down; below; downward

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

2

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

5

motherland; fatherland; native country

1

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

1

frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong

1

frequent; incessant

1

government; administration

1

antigovernment

1

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

definite; sure

1

spy; secret agent

1

guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

1

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

1

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

outside the country; abroad

1

research institution

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

traitor (to one's country); quisling

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

2

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

children's story; fairy tale

2

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

hatred

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

2

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

2

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

to assist; to help out

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

1

convenient

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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