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(not) a single person; (no) one

5

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

riot police; riot squad

1

SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test

2

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

3

shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

1

hostage

9

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

3

to have one's knees be about to give way

1

a hard time; pains

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

police drama (television); detective drama

1

call; appeal

9

megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

10

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

negotiator

1

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

surrender

2

forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

3

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

2

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

5

bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

2

battlefield; battleground

2

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

3

stray bullet

1

outside of; not covered by

2

sniper

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

1

shooting to death

4

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

4

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

22

packing tape

4

we

10

shooting; sniping

1

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

2

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

21

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

small change; coins; small sum of money

3

to brave a danger; to take a risk

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

storehouse; warehouse; godown

1

stock; inventory

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

10

railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

4

platform; home; home base; home plate

32

passenger

1

accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

2