gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
violent explosion; bursting
to shave off; to scrape off
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
elementary level; beginner level
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
number of times; frequency; count
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
light; right; right field; right fielder
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash