to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(political) administration; political power
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
yellow race; Mongoloid race
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
at a loss for words; stumped for words
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
medical care; medical treatment
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
infection; contagion; becoming infected
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
nutrient; nutritional supplement; nutritional tonic
infectious disease; infection
postoperative; after surgery
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious