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]; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus[Lat], nationa l guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guard s, household troops. janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee[obs3], spahi[ob s3], Cossack, Croat, Pandoz. irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere[obs3]; f ranctireur[Fr], tirailleur[obs3], bashi-bazouk; vietminh[guerilla organization n ames: list], vietcong; shining path; contras; huk, hukbalahap. mercenary, soldie r of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free lance, compan ion; Hessian. hit man[criminals specializing in violence: see bad man], torpedo, soldier. levy, draught; Landwehr[Ger], Landsturm[Ger]; conscript, recruit, cade t, raw levies. infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; To mmy Atkins[obs3], rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy[obs3], legionnaire, legion ary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer &c. (commander) 745; subaltern, ens ign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman[obs3]; spear bearer; halberdier[obs3], l ancer; musketeer, carabineer[obs3], rifleman, jager[Ger], sharpshooter, yager[ob s3], skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer[obs3]; archer, bowman. horse and foot; hors e soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur[Fr ], uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier[Fr]; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artill eryman[obs3], matross[obs3]; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles,chasseur[Fr], zouave; military train, coolie. army, corps d'armee[Fr], h ost, division, battalia[obs3], column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column , brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia[obs3], squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion , phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers. war horse, charger, destrier. marine, m an-of-war's man &c. (sailor) 269; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, floti lla, armada, squadron. [ships of war] man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; mineswee per; torpedo- boat, torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-cat cher, war castle, H.M.S.; battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier, carrier. flattop[coll.]; helicopter ca rrier; missile platform, missile boat; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floa ting battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer. [ supporting ships] tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran; merchant marine. < p. 240 > #727. Arms. N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor &c. (defense) 717; armory &c. (store) 636; apparat us belli[Lat]. ammunition; powder, powder and shot; cartridge; ball cartridge, c artouche, fireball; "villainous saltpeter" [Hen. IV]; dumdum bullet. explosive; gunpowder, guncotton; mercury fulminate; picrates; pentaerythritol tetranitrate[ ISA:chemsub][Chemsub], PETN. high explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, mel inite[obs3], cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique; pyroxyline[obs3]. [ knives and swords: list] sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion[obs3], scim itar, cimeter[obs3], brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive[obs3], glave[obs3], rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga[obs3], baselard[obs3], Lochaber ax , skean dhu[obs3], creese[obs3], kris, dagger, dirk, banger[obs3], poniard, stil etto, stylet[obs3], dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foi l, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme[obs3], halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife[obs3]; ataghan[obs3], attaghan[obs3], yataghan[obs3]; yat acban[obs3]; assagai, assegai[obs3]; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillela h, sprig; hand staff, quarter staff; bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster; billy, bl ackjack, sandbag, waddy[obs3]. gun, piece[Fr]; firearms; artillery, ordnance; si ege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, f ield piece[Fr], mortar, howitzer, carronade[obs3], culverin[obs3], basilisk; fal conet, jingal[obs3], swivel, pederero[obs3], bouche a feu[Fr]; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur[Fr], mitrailleuse[Fr]; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun[obs3], Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Kr

upp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom[obs3]; ten pounder. small a rms; musket, musketry, firelock[obs3], fowling piece[Fr], rifle, fusil[obs3], ca liver[obs3], carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon[obs3], Brown Bess, matchlock, harqu ebuss[obs3], arquebus, haguebut[obs3]; pistol, postolet[obs3]; petronel; small b ore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifl e, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee -Metford rifle, Lee- Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, ch assepot[obs3]; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet[obs3] , escopette[obs3], gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut[obs3], shooter, shooting iron * [ U.S.], six-shooter [U.S.], shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, Kalashnikov. bow, cross bow, balister[obs3], catapult, sling; battering ram &c. (impulse) 276; gunnery; ballistics &c. (propulsion) 284. missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; g rape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot[obs3], langrage sh ot[obs3], round shot, chain shot; balista[obs3], ballista[obs3], slung shot, tre bucbet[obs3], trebucket[obs3]; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bo mb, carcass, rocket; congreve[obs3], congreve rocket[obs3]; shrapnel, mitraille[ Fr]; levin bolt[obs3], levin brand[obs3]; thunderbolt. pike, lance, spear, spont oon[obs3], javelin, dart, jereed[obs3], jerid[obs3], arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, b oomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear[obs3], oxgoad[obs3], weet-weet, wommerah[obs3] ; cattle prod; chemical mace. Phr. en flute; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam[Lat ]. < p. 241 > #728. Arena. N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards &c. (playhouse) 599; amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso[Sp], turf, cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard[obs3], tilt ing ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars[obs3]; campus [U.S.]. boxing ring, c anvas. theater of war, seat of war; battle-field, battle-ground; field of battle , field of slaughter; Aceldama[obs3], camp; the enemy's camp; trusting place &c. (place of meeting) 74. % Section V. RESULTS OF VOLUNTARY ACTION % #729. Completion. N. completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; perfo rmance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclu sion; close &c. (end) 67; terminus &c. (arrival) 292; winding up; finale, denoue ment, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touc h, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of th e edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link &c. 53; superstructure, ne plus ultra[Lat], work done, fait accompli[Fr]. elaboration; finality; completeness &c . 52. V. effect[transitive], effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummat e, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elabor ate. do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, b ring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head. despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word. d o thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death &c. (persevere) 604a; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill [U.S.]. f inish, bring to a close &c. (end) 67; wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch &c.n. to; put the last, put the finishin g hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap. [intransitive] r ipen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natura l death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach t he goal, attain the goal; reach &c. (arrive) 292; get in the harvest. Adj. compl eting, final; concluding, conclusive; crowning &c. v.; exhaustive. done, complet ed &c. v.; done for, sped, wrought out; highly wrought &c. (preparation) 673; th orough &c. 52; ripe &c. (ready) 673. Adv. completely &c.(thoroughly) 52; to crow

n all, out of hand. Phr. the race is run; actum est[Lat]; finis coronat opus[Lat ]; consummatum est[Lat]; c'en est fait[Fr]; it is all over; the game is played o ut, the bubble has burst; aussitot dit aussitot fait[Fr]; aut non tentaris aut p erfice [Lat][Ovid]. #730. Noncompletion. N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c. 304; incompleteness &c. 53; drawn battle, drawn game; work of Penelope. nonperformance, inexecution[obs3]; neglect &c. 460. V. not complete &c. 729; leave unfinished &c. adj., leave undone, drop, put down; neglect &c. 460; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget) 506. fall short of &c. 304; do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse &c. 304. drop out. Adj. not completed &c. v.; incomplete &c. 53; uncompleted, unfinished, unaccomplished, unperformed, unexecuted; sketchy, addle. in progress, in hand; ongoing, going on, proceeding; on one's hands; on the anvil; in the fire, in the oven. parboiled, half-baked. Adv. re infecta[Lat]. < p. 242 > #731. Success. N. success, successfulness; speed; advance &c. (progress) 282. tr ump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; d irect hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, gra nd slam; killing[make money], windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike [U .S.]; coup de maitre[Fr], checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit &c. (acquisi tion) 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well spent . advantage over; upper hand, whip hand; ascendancy, mastery; expugnation|, conq uest, victory, subdual[obs3]; subjugation &c. (subjection) 749. triumph &c. (exu ltation) 884; proficiency &c. (skill) 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiev er, success, success story. V. succeed; be successful &c. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success. gain a point, attain a point, carry a point , secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there *[U.S.]; manage to, cont rive to; accomplish &c. (effect, complete) 729; do wonders, work wonders; make a go of it. come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of; take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's win gs, win one's spurs, win the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, g ain the prize, gain the palm; have the best of it, have it all one's own way, ha ve the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the ho p; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in possession of the field ; score a success. speed; make progress &c. (advance) 282; win one's way, make o ne's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper &c. 73 4; drive a roaring trade; make profit &c. (acquire) 775; reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil * [U.S.], gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account &c. (use) 677. triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain victory to one's car; nail a coonskin to the wall. sur mount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an ob stacle &c. 706; se tirer d'affaire[Fr]; make head against; stem the torrent, ste m the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the bet ter of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the asce ndancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass &c. (superiorit y) 33. defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpo wer, overmaster, overmatch, overset[obs3], override, overreach; outwit, outdo, o utflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary'

s sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to fli ght, put to the rout, put hors de combat[Fr], put out of court. silence, quell, nonsuit[obs3], checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump; baffle &c. (hinder) 706; circumvent, elude; trip up, trip up the heels of; drive into a co rner, drive to the wall; run hard, put one's nose out of joint. settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; su bdue; subjugate &c. (subject) 749; reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimi ze, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon. answer, answ er the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it ; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in. Adj. succeeding &c. v.; suc cessful; prosperous &c. 734; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with succ ess; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten &c. (see beat &c. v. ); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing. Adv. successfully &c. adj.; well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly; a merveille[Fr], beyond all hope; t o some purpose, to good purpose; to one's heart's content. Phr. veni vidi vici[L at], the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant; omne tulit punctum[La t]. bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria[obs3][Lat]; cede repugnanti cedendo vic tor abibis [Lat][Ovid]; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune[Fr]; dies faustus[Lat ]; l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort[Fr]; omnia vincit amor [Lat: l ove conquers all]; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" [Milton] ; "the race by vigor not by vaunts is won" [Pope]; vincit qui patitur[Lat]; vinc it qui se vincit[Lat]; "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to t he strong, but that's the way to bet" [Mark Twain]. < p. 243 > #732. Failure. N. failure; nonsuccess[obs3], nonfulfillment; dead failure, succe sslessness[obs3]; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen &c. 158[Lat]; labor in va in &c. (inutility) 645; no go; inefficacy[obs3]; inefficaciousness &c. adj.; vai n attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, "lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip &c. (disappointment) 509. blunder &c. (mistake) 495; fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication|, footfall; false step, wrong step ; faux pas[Fr], titubation[obs3], bvue[Fr], faute[Fr], lurch; botchery &c. (want of skill) 699[obs3]; scrape, mess, fiasco,