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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| violence | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| intensification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| upsurge | /x | Noun |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| withdrawal | x/x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| surge | / | Noun |
| provocation | xx/x | Noun |
| incursion | x/x | Noun |
| retaliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| destabilization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| exacerbation | xxx/x | Noun |
| negotiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| militarization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| instability | xx/xx | Noun |
| overreaction | /xxxx | Noun |
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| insurgency | x/xx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| incremental | xx/x | Adjective |
| unrest | x/ | Noun |
| bloodbath | /x | Noun |
| incidents | /xx | Noun |
| intervention | xx/x | Noun |
| destructiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| development | x/xx | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| mobilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| belligerence | x/xx | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| disengagement | xx/x | Noun |
| cessation | x/x | Noun |
| involvement | x/x | Noun |
| spike | / | Noun |
| recurrence | x/x | Noun |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| triggering | /xx | Verb |
| increasing | x/x | Verb |
| preemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| ratcheting | /xx | Noun |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| buildup | /x | Noun |
| proliferation | xxx/x | Noun |
| insurrection | xx/x | Noun |
| aggressiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| resistance | x/x | Noun |
| progression | x/x | Noun |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| pulsation | /xx | Noun |
| ramping | /x | Noun |
| uprising | x/x | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| politicization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| subversion | x/x | Noun |
| assault | x/ | Noun |
| deferral | x/x | Noun |
| entrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| prioritization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| occurrence | x/x | Noun |
| encroachment | x/x | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| implementation | xxx/x | Noun |
| outbreak | /x | Noun |
| volatility | xx/xx | Noun |
| systemic | x/x | Adjective |
| rising | /x | Verb |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| expansion | x/x | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| normalization | xxx/x | Noun |
| mobilisation | xxx/x | Noun |
| tension | /x | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| escalade | xx/ | Noun |
| altercation | xx/x | Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun |
| recrimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| uplift | /x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| piling on | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| pile on | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| point of contention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| war of words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| menace | /x | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| incitement | x/x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| controversy | /xxx | Noun |
| metastasis | x/xx | Noun |
| face off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| deviance | /xx | Verb |
| desistance | x/x | Noun |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| miscalculated | x/xxx | Verb |
| spiraling | /xx | Verb |
| kahn | / | Name |
| graduated | /xxx | Adjective |
| brodie | /x | Name |
| miscalculation | x/x/x | Noun |
| onus | /x | Noun |
| cost | / | Adjective |
| timing | /x | Verb |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| deterring | x/x | Verb |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| uncontrollable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| halting | /x | Verb |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| risks | / | Verb |
| machiavellian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| vietnam | xx/ | Name |
| armaments | /xx | Noun |
| comprehensiveness | xx/xx | Noun |
| rapid | /x | Adjective |
| ladder | /x | Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| forestall | x/ | Verb |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| weaponry | /xx | Noun |
| avert | x/ | Verb |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| amplification | xxx/x | Noun |
| ascension | x/x | Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| billowed | /x | Verb |
| climb | / | Verb, Noun |
| climbers | /x | Noun |
| crescendo | x/x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cutback | /x | Noun |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deepening | /xx | Noun |
| degradation | xx/x | Noun |
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun |
| devaluation | xxx/x | Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enhancement | x/x | Noun |
| explosion | x/x | Noun |
| fuelling | /x | Verb, Noun |
| gradation | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| graduation | xx/x | Noun |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| growth | / | Noun |
| hardening | /xx | Noun |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| hike | / | Noun, Verb |
| improvement | x/x | Noun |
| indexation | /x/x | Noun |
| indexing | /xx | Noun |
| influx | /x | Noun |
| journey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| mount | / | Noun, Verb |
| mountaineering | /xxx | Noun |
| multiplication | xxx/x | Noun |
| overkill | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| promotion | x/x | Noun |
| propagating | /xxx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| propagation | xx/x | Noun |
| query | /x | Noun, Verb |
| radicalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| resurgence | x/x | Noun |
| scalability | /x/xx | Noun |
| scale | / | Noun, Verb |
| soar | / | Verb, Noun |
| spate | / | Noun, Verb |
| strengthening | /xx | Noun |
| tightening | /xx | Noun |
| toughening | /xx | Noun |
| upgrade | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| upswing | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| widening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
