the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
the act of taking of a person by force | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | a military engagement |
a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | an act by a government body or supranational organization |
| the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
| In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). |
| the trait of being active and energetic and forceful |
| the series of events that form a plot |
| a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| the state of being active |