verbs:
to remove the fuse from (a mine, a bomb. etc.)
to make less harmful, potent, or tense
verbs:
To damage seriously : ruin
To seize by force
To lose valuable or useful qualities usually as a result of decay
nouns:
Plunder taken from an enemy in war or victim in robbery : loot
adjectives:
having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations
Adjectives:
foolishly adventurous or bold
nouns:
any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice.
Chiefly British. A large, heavy vehicle, especially a truck.
verbs:
To retrace one’s course
To reverse a position
verbs:
: to plunder or sack in war
: to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption
: to seize and carry away by force especially in war
nouns:
goods usually of considerable value taken in war : spoils
something held to resemble goods of value seized in war; such as:
something appropriated illegally often by force or violence
illicit gains by public officials
Money
verbs (used without object), yenned yenning:
to have a craving; yearn.
nouns:
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. : ¥; : Y
a former silver coin of Japan
a desire or craving:
I had a yen for apple pie
verbs (used with object):
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
to remove the fuze or other actuating device from:
to disarm a bomb to disarm an alarm system
to deprive of the means of attack or defense:
The lack of logic disarmed his argument.
to divest or relieve of hostility, suspicion, etc.; win the affection or approval of; charm:
His smile disarmed us.
verbs (used without object):
to disperse
verbs (used with object):
to break up or dissolve (an organization):
They disbanded the corporation.
verbs:
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect
nouns:
a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel mixture in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine
a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area
nouns:
Phonetics, Orthography. the acute accent.
adjectives:
sharp or severe in effect; intense:
acute sorrow; an acute pain.
extremely great or serious; crucial; critical:
an acute shortage of oil.
(of disease) brief and severe ( chronic ).
sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception:
an acute observer.
extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions:
acute eyesight.
sharp at the end; ending in a point.
verbs (used without object):
to withdraw, retire, or draw back, especially for shelter or seclusion.
Synonyms: leave
Antonyms: advance, engage
to make a retreat:
The army retreated.
Antonyms: advance, engage
to slope backward; recede:
a retreating chin.
to draw or lead back.
nouns:
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.
a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy:
The library was his retreat.
an asylum, as for the insane.
a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.
Military.
verbs (used without object):
to wail in lamentation for the dead.
verbs (used with object):
to mourn for by or with such keening or wailing:
keening his mother while kneeling at her grave.
nouns:
a wailing lament for the dead.
adjectives:
finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily:
a keen razor.
sharp, piercing, or biting:
a keen wind; keen satire.
characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears.
having or showing great mental penetration or acumen:
keen reasoning; a keen mind.
animated by or showing strong feeling or desire:
keen competition.
intense, as feeling or desire:
keen ambition; keen jealousy.
eager; interested; enthusiastic; (often followed by about, on, etc., or an infinitive):
She is really keen on going swimming.
Where is my puzzle?