(direct) hit; hitting the mark
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
shrapnel; shell or bullet fragment
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
inflicting injury (criminally)
arrangement; pact; agreement
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
sexual reproduction; zoogamy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
sowing; seeding; planting
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
probability; likelihood; chances
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment