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51increase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of making larger Nouns 1. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilation, expansion; advance, appreciation; gain, profit, increment, accretion; accession, addition; development, growth;… …
52step down — verb 1. give up or retire from a position (Freq. 1) The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month The chairman resigned over the financial scandal • Syn: ↑leave office, ↑quit, ↑resign • Ant: ↑ …
53Provisional Irish Republican Army — (Óglaigh na hÉireann) Participant in the Troubles Masked Provisional IRA volunteers at a rally in August 1979 …
54Nuclear warfare — Nuclear War redirects here. For other uses, see Nuclear War (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancie …
55Currency war — Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega, who made headlines when he raised the alarm about a Currency War in September 2010. In July 20 …
56Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — Foreign troops forcibly breaking into an Afghan home to conduct a house search, with a woman and child in the background. Opposition to the decade long Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors these include the view that the U.S. invasion of… …
57step up — verb 1. increase in extent or intensity (Freq. 3) The Allies escalated the bombing • Syn: ↑escalate, ↑intensify • Ant: ↑de escalate (for: ↑escalate) …
58Korean War — Part of the Cold War …
59Street fighting — is a term used to denote unsanctioned, usually illegal, hand to hand fighting in public places, between individuals or groups of people. The term also usually carries the connotation that the fighters are not professional martial artists or… …
60Man-made hazard — A man made hazard is a threat having an element of human intent, negligence, error or involving a failure of a system. Man made disasters are the result of man made hazards for which adequate emergency management measures have not been adopted.… …
