external conflict
internal conflict
puller
counterforce
sweight
coercion
subduction
champion
hand-off
friendly
block
confrontation
vying
attack
pressure
attack dog
nemesis
shotgun
scalie
rub up against
dynamic
dynamical
player character
clash
antagonist
pushing
friction
push
strike
stab
drag
toucher
fight
effort
drive
conflictual
drag in
aggro
accosting
pull
clasher
tangle
move furniture
intermeshing
embroil
sweep up
force
push away
sweep
draw
ram
violent
flaw
splash
rugby tackle
scuffle
monster
conflictarian
barreter
necessity
pissing war
devil
submitter
chancery
feint
cheap shot
karma
obstructivism
origin story
egodystonic
superhero landing
by the ears
compulsion
wrestling
physical
adynamic
shifter
scrap
hurtling
thrust
rub
fighting
stablike
undynamic
engine
cankerworm
field of force
combat
resistance
set against
by the strong hand
force one's way
encounter
dynamic
dynamical
conflictual
violent
conflictarian
egodystonic
physical
adynamic
stablike
undynamic
chancery
external conflict
internal conflict
puller
counterforce
sweight
coercion
subduction
champion
hand-off
friendly
block
confrontation
vying
pressure
attack dog
nemesis
shotgun
scalie
player character
clash
antagonist
pushing
friction
push
strike
stab
drag
toucher
fight
effort
accosting
clasher
intermeshing
flaw
rugby tackle
monster
barreter
necessity
pissing war
devil
pull
submitter
feint
cheap shot
karma
obstructivism
origin story
superhero landing
compulsion
wrestling
shifter
scrap
hurtling
fighting
engine
cankerworm
field of force
combat
resistance
attack
rub up against
push
drag
drive
drag in
aggro
pull
tangle
move furniture
embroil
sweep up
force
push away
sweep
draw
ram
splash
scuffle
thrust
rub
set against
force one's way
encounter
noun
- Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- A specific instance of coercing.
- Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
noun
- The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- Arithmetical subtraction.
- A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
- The act of subducting or taking away.
noun
- The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- A pass made in a backward direction.
- The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
- The transfer of control to another subsystem.
noun
- A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.
- A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.
adj
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- Without any hostility.
- Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.
- Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
- Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
- Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
- Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
noun
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
verb
- To apply violent force to someone or something.
- To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
noun
- Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- The beginning of active operations on anything.
- The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
noun
- a force that compels
- the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
- an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
- the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
verb
noun
- A person who fights physically on behalf of another.
- A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.
- A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.
- Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.
noun
- A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
- An enemy, especially an archenemy.
- The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.
- The principle of retributive justice.
- A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.
- Polar opposite, especially of a literary character.
noun
- Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
- The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
- Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
verb
- To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
- To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
- To verbally lay claim to (something)
noun
- The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- An opponent or enemy.
- A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
- A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
- One who antagonizes or stirs.
verb
- To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- To press or urge forward; to drive.
- To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
- To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- To make an all-in bet.
- To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- To approach; to come close to.
- To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
noun
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- A great effort (to do something).
- The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
noun
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
verb
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- Criticism.
- An attempt.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
noun
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
verb
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- An occasion of fighting.
- The will or ability to fight.
- A boxing or martial arts match.
verb
- To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
- To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- operate or control a vehicle
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- cause to move back by force or influence
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- push, propel, or press with force
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- have certain properties when driven
- work as a driver
- move by being propelled by a force
- urge forward
- proceed along in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- (hunting) search for game
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
noun
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a road leading up to a private house
- the trait of being highly motivated
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
verb
- To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.
- To become aggressive towards the player's character.
adj
noun
- A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies.
- Aggravation; bother.
- Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses.
- Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
verb
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
noun
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- sweep across or over
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- cover the entire range of
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
noun
verb
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- To spend (money).
- To roughly fill with color.
- To hit or expel liquid at.
- To launch a ship.
- To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
noun
- A small amount (of color).
- The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- An impact or impression.
- A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- A large, prominent headline or article.
- A splash screen.
- The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- A knife.
- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
noun
- A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games.
- A terrifying and dangerous creature.
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- Something unusually large.
- A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- A badly behaved child, a brat.
adj
verb
- To harass.
- To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
- To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
noun
- Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
- Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
- Indispensable requirements (of life).
- The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
- The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
- Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
- The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
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- An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works".
- A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A dust devil.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- Hell.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
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- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To annoy or bother.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
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- In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.
- With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
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- In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
- The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
- In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
- The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
- The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
- In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
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- A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
- Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
- A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
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- Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort.
- Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
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- A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
- The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
- A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
- A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
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- The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling — which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat — by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and televised as entertainment.
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- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
- Sexual, carnal.
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world.
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- A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
- A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
- A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
- A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
- A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.
- A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
verb
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
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- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
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- To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- To execute someone extrajudicially.
- To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- To confront (someone or something) face to face.
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- A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- A match between two opposing sides.
- An extrajudicial killing or execution.
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