top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
disturbance; riot; mayhem
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
official announcement; proclamation
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
you could say; you might say; verging on the
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
armaments; military preparations
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
secrecy; highly classified information
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
development; exploitation
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
re-examination; reinspection; retest
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(brute) force; using all one's might
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
180 degrees; complete change
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)