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acquiesce
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to accept something reluctantly but without protest
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altercation
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a noisy argument or disagreement; normally in public
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assail
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to make a concerted or violent attack on
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beleaguer
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to harass
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brunt
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the worst part or chief impact of a specified thing
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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palliate
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to make (a disease or symptom) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause
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phalanx
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a compact or close-knit body of people
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predecessor
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a thing that has followed or replaced another
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redress
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to set right; remedy or rectify
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bulwark
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a defensive wall
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carnage
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the killing of a large number of people, as in a war
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coalition
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an alliance for combined action
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exodus
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the mass departure of people; emigration
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heinous
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utterly odious or wicked
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holocaust
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destruction or slaughter on a mass scale
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insidious
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proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
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invidious
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likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
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martyr
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a person killed because of their religious or other beliefs
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waive
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to give up (a right or claim)
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