to seize for military or official use

to be captured by thieves

careful, cautious

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

clumsy, hard to handle

a hopeless mess; to make a mess of

to let go, give up

sudden and violent but brief

to scold mildly; to caution or advise against something

to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved things from the fire

scattered fragments; wreckage

an opening, gap, rupture