strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
personification; impersonation; embodiment
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
filling (meal); heavy; solid; substantial
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
tingling; stinging; pungently
beforehand; in advance; previously
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
concentrated fire; intense criticism
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to jar; to creak; to grate
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
bombarding; shelling; bombardment