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121bombard — v 1. bomb, shell, fusillade. See bomb (def.2). 2. attack, batter, assault, raid, storm, charge, rush; set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on; light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, Sl. zap, Sl. lay into. 3. assail,… …
122combat — v 1. fight, contend, clash, conflict with, strive; encounter, engage, meet, join, face; battle, give or do battle, duel, joust, tussle, skirmish, scuffle, jostle; war, make war, war against, go to war, go to battle, wage war, take the field, take …
123fight — n 1. battle, combat, duel, bout; contention, clash, conflict, struggle, Scot. sprattle, strife; war, warfare, fighting, hostilities; assault, attack, offensive, harassment, assailment; siege, besiegement, beset ment, investment; collision,… …
124fall on — ATTACK, assail, assault, fly at, set about, set upon; pounce upon, ambush, surprise, rush, storm, charge; informal jump, lay into, pitch into, beat someone up; Brit. informal have a go at. → …
125International relations theory — attempts to provide a conceptual model upon which international relations can be analyzed. Each theory is reductive and essentialist to different degrees, relying on different sets of assumptions respectively. As Ole Holsti describes them,… …
126Khalsa — For the village in Azerbaijan, see Xəlsə. Khalsa (Punjabi: pa. ਖਾਲਸਾ, literally Pure ) refers to the collective body of all baptized Sikhs. The Khalsa was originally established as a military order of saint soldiers on 30 March 1699, by Guru… …
127jump — jumpable, adj. jumpingly, adv. /jump/, v.i. 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window. 2. to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered …
128jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web. [1805 15] * * * ▪ arachnid any of about 3,000 species of spiders (order Araneida) known for their ability to jump… …
