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Conflict (Advanced)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an ally | союзник (a country that agrees to help another in war) |
| casualties | потери (people killed or injured in a war) |
| civilians | гражданские лица (people who are not in the military) |
| a commander | командир (an officer in charge of a military operation) |
| forces | войска, силы (a group trained to protect, e.g. armed forces) |
| refugees | беженцы (people forced to leave their country because of war) |
| snipers | снайперы (people who shoot from a hidden position) |
| survivors | выжившие (people who managed to stay alive in a war) |
| troops | войска (soldiers in large groups) |
| the wounded | раненые (people injured by weapons) |
| a ceasefire | прекращение огня (when armies agree to stop fighting temporarily) |
| a civil war | гражданская война (a war between groups in the same country) |
| a coup | государственный переворот (a sudden illegal change of government) |
| a rebellion | восстание (an attempt to change the government using violence) |
| a revolution | революция (an attempt by many people to change the government) |
| a siege | осада (surrounding a city to stop supplies) |
| a treaty | договор (a formal agreement between countries) |
| to blow up | взорвать (to make something explode) |
| to break out | вспыхнуть (о войне) – to start suddenly (about fighting) |
| to capture | захватить в плен (to take someone prisoner) |
| to declare | объявить (to announce officially) |
| to defeat | разгромить (to beat someone in a war) |
| to execute | казнить (to kill someone as punishment) |
| to loot | грабить (to steal from shops/buildings during war) |
| to overthrow | свергнуть (to remove from power using force) |
| to release | освободить (to let someone go) |
| to retreat | отступать (to move back, away from the enemy) |
| to shell | обстреливать (to fire missiles at) |
| to surrender | сдаться (to admit defeat and stop fighting) |