isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
extensive; vast range; wide scope
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
small; fine; detailed; stingy
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
perception; sensing; noticing
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
a few seconds; several seconds
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
opening fully; full throttle; full power
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
killing and wounding; bloodshed