An opening, gap, rupture; a violation or infraction

A bandit, robber, outlaw

Careful; cautious

To seize for military or official use

Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

A standstill resulting form the opposition of two equal forces or factions

scattered fragments, wreckage

To spread or scatter freely or widely

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

To make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess

Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

to incline to beforehand

To let go; give up

To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Not genuine; not true, not valid

Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint