unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
prospects of victory; chances of success
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
solitude; loneliness; isolation
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
instead; but (on the other hand)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
field; plain; prairie; moor
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
transfer; assignment; conveyance
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
impression given by a painting or image
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to make sense; to be meaningful
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person