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gate


entrance

portal

eat food


swallow food

chow down on something

(of writing) of many pages


long

ream(s) of something

a group or collection of things or people, often one that is large or impressive


(many items of different kind)

array of something

a large number of things falling or coming quickly at the same time

a cascade of

a person or group that begins an activity or leads an attack against somebody or something

spearhead something

a strong, violent attack

onslaught
...on


...against


....of something - negative

becoming greater, worse, more serious

escalation

careful when dealing with somebody or something because you think that there may be a danger or problem

wary


to be wary of something /of doing something/of somebody


keep a wary eye on someone

live under the same roof

room with

making something better / more effective (eg. taste)

adjuvant

not harmful or dangerous, not intended to offend anyone (to human health especially)

innocuous

series of things or people that come closely one after another

a string of

something that is possible or likely to be achieved

feasible (eg. solution)

something being very common at a particular time or place

prevalence

showing or feeling opposition

antagonistic

soldier whose task is to guard something

sentinels

something that causes stress

stressor

the process of carefully considering or discussing something

deliberation

the state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant

exposure to

tired and almost asleep

drowsy

to affect something so that it becomes more regular, slower

modulate

to become tighter or narrower


to make something tighter or narrower

constrict

to begin an actiity or lead an attack against somebody or something

orchestrate

to connect


to join

dock on something

to cover with a thick layer of substance

slather something

to discuss something with somebody, in order to exchange opinions or get advice

confer

to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way

administer

to give somebody, especially a government or a committee, the authority to do something, to order something, somebody to behave in a way

mandate somebody to do something

to increase the amount, value or volume of something

pump something up

to kill somebody


to make omebody very tired


to be very tired

do somebody in

to make changes


to change

alter

to make it difficult for something to continue in the normal way

disrupt something

to prevent somebody or something from growing as much as they should

stunt

to show that somebody is right or something is true

bear out

to spend time trying to find out information or the meaning of something, especially when this is complicated or difficult

tease out

to stop working

shut down

to stop


to make somebody or something stop

hault

to treat somebody or something so that they will stop being sensitive to physical or chemical changes, or to a particular substance

desensitize

weird, strange, unusual(of a person)

oddball (adjective)