initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
world; society; people; the public
recovery; rescue; recapture
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
village headman; village mayor
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to lure someone; to entice someone
all-out attack; general offensive
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
having ended; being resolved
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage