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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| close in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| skirmishes | /xx | Noun | 
| fighting | /x | Noun | 
| outnumbered | x/x | Verb | 
| proximity | x/xx | Noun | 
| gunfight | /x | Noun | 
| confrontations | xx/x | Noun | 
| close call | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| come close | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| under pressure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| close ranks | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| combat | /x | Noun | 
| combatants | x/x | Noun | 
| situational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| firefight | /x | Noun | 
| aggressiveness | x/xx | Noun | 
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| physicality | /x/xx | Noun | 
| spitting distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| nearness | /x | Noun | 
| front line | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| under fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| enemies | /xx | Noun | 
| close to | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| combat zone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| target practice | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| contested | x/x | Adjective | 
| encirclement | x/xx | Noun | 
| attacking | x/x | Verb | 
| counterattack | /xxx | Noun | 
| teammates | /x | Noun | 
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| assaulting | x/x | Verb | 
| friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| ambushes | /xx | Noun | 
| sparring partner | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| crowding | /x | Noun | 
| sparring | /x | Noun | 
| aggressors | x/x | Noun | 
| grapple with | /xx | Phrase, Verb | 
| positioning | x/xx | Noun | 
| intimate | /xx | Adjective | 
| competitiveness | x/xxx | Noun | 
| attackers | x/x | Noun | 
| encounters | x/x | Noun | 
| competition | xx/x | Noun | 
| up against | /x/ | Phrase | 
| approaches | x/x | Noun | 
| level with | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| in person | x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| corners | /x | Adverb | 
| brawling | /x | Noun | 
| aggression | x/x | Noun | 
| collisions | x/x | Noun | 
| adversaries | /xxx | Noun | 
| close shave | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| altercation | xx/x | Noun | 
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun | 
| abodes | x/ | Noun | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| accommodations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| actors | /x | Adjective | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective | 
| adjournment | x/x | Noun | 
| airless | /x | Adjective | 
| akin | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| almost | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| angles | /x | Noun | 
| apartments | x/x | Noun | 
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| areas | /xx | Noun | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| aspects | /x | Noun | 
| asylums | x/x | Noun | 
| at hand | // | Phrase | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| attentive | x/x | Adjective | 
| authorities | x/xx | Noun | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| backgrounds | /x | Noun | 
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| banks | / | Noun | 
| barracks | /x | Noun | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| benches | /x | Noun | 
| berths | / | Noun | 
| beside | x/ | Adverb | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| billets | /x | Noun | 
| blocks | / | Noun | 
| bodies | /x | Noun | 
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| booths | / | Adjective | 
| boroughs | /x | Noun | 
| bosom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brink | / | Noun | 
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| cabins | /x | Noun | 
| cabs | / | Noun | 
| camps | / | Noun | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| carriages | /xx | Noun | 
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| catch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| categorize | /xxx | Verb | 
| cease | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cents | / | Noun | 
| chambers | /x | Noun | 
| chaps | / | Noun | 
| chapters | /x | Noun | 
| chummy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| circles | /x | Noun | 
| classify | /xx | Verb | 
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cliques | / | Noun | 
| close at hand | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| closeness | /x | Noun | 
| closeout | /x | Noun | 
| closures | /x | Noun | 
| coda | /x | Noun | 
| coins | / | Noun | 
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| come together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| communities | x/xx | Adjective | 
| compact | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| compartments | x/x | Noun | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| completion | x/x | Noun | 
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| conclude | x/ | Verb | 
| conclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| confined | x/ | Adjective | 
| constituencies | x/xxx | Noun | 
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| consummation | xx/x | Noun | 
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| convergence | x/x | Noun | 
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cozy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| cramped | / | Adjective | 
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| culmination | xx/x | Noun | 
| cycles | /x | Noun | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| decimated | /xxx | Verb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| departments | x/x | Noun | 
| desks | / | Noun | 
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| diggings | /x | Noun | 
| digs | / | Noun | 
| dimes | / | Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| directions | x/x | Noun | 
| disbanded | x/x | Verb | 
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb | 
| dismantle | x/x | Verb | 
| dismiss | x/ | Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| distant | /x | Adjective | 
| districts | /x | Noun | 
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| door | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dorm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dormitories | /xxx | Noun | 
| doses | /x | Noun | 
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dwellings | /x | Noun | 
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| echelons | /xx | Noun | 
| edges | /x | Noun | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| encampment | x/x | Noun | 
| enclose | x/ | Verb | 
| encompassing | x/xx | Adjective | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| enhanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| entities | /xx | Adjective | 
| entrance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| enveloping | x/xx | Verb | 
| environments | x/xx | Verb | 
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| exhibits | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expiry | x/x | Noun | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
