aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
with a single blow; with one stroke
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
control of the air; air supremacy
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
putting into operation; invocation
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
place; situation; position; location
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls