to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
military force; military strength
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to shake one's head (in denial)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
strategy meeting; council of war
caller; visitor; company; guest
simple honesty; tactless frankness
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
all things in nature; the whole creation
to lead someone around by the nose
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
telecommunications; correspondence
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
gesture; gesticulation; motion