1. An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

2. To create an opening, break through

A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Careful, cautious

To seize for military or official use

Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions

2. To bring to such a standstill

Scattered fragments, wreckage

1. To spread or scatter freely or widely

2. Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

1. To make a mess of; muddle through; to get by

2. A hopeless mess

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

1. Lasting for a long time, persistent

2. A plant that lives for many years

To incline to beforehand

To let go, give up

1. To save from fire or shipwreck

2. Property thus saved

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Not genuine, not true, not valid

Lacking in restraint