(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction;

(v.) to create an opening, break through

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

(adj.) careful, cautious

(v.) to seize for military or official use

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions;

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely;

(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

(v.) to make a mess of; 

muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent;

(n.) a plant that lives for many years

(v.) to incline to beforehand

(v.) to let go, give up

(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck

(n.) property thus saved

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent