acceleration; speeding up
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
environment; circumstance
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
process; course; mechanism
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to go underground; to go into hiding
ground plan; plane figure
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
since then; from that time; ever since
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to step forward; to volunteer
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
arcology (from architectural ecology)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
regulation; adjustment; control