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island country

4

military strength; military personnel

3

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

2

supply; supplying; replenishment

2

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

24

sailing

10

large-scale

1

abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

terror; terrorism

1

monopoly

1

American Civil War (1861-1865)

6

Abraham

1

Lincoln

1

black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes

1

slave; servant; slavery

3

waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

1

northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

1

Wyoming

3

southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)

2

merchant cruiser

1

Alabama

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

6

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

15

Pembroke (Canada)

1

approval; praise

1

lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)

2

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

4

skill; dexterity; proficiency

2

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

4

departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

2

thirtieth day of the month; thirty days

2

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

5

dawn

1

cruise; navigation; sailing

11

old type; old style

6

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

3

return fire; shooting back

2

proceeding west

6

seacoast artillery

1

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

8

Water Boar (60th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

5

artillery battle

3

aperture; bore; calibre; caliber

1

(direct) hit; straight shot

1

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

3

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

10

raid; attack; invasion

8

war; battle; hostilities

4

complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

1