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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hostages | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| kidnapping | /xx | Noun |
| bomb scare | // | Phrase |
| terrorists | /xx | Noun |
| gunpoint | /x | Noun |
| shootings | /x | Noun |
| armed robbery | //xx | Name, Name |
| captors | /x | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| car bomb | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hunger strike | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| suicide bomber | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| crises | /x | Noun |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| blackmail | /x | Noun |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| captives | /x | Noun |
| under siege | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| besieged | x/ | Verb |
| barricaded | /xxx | Verb |
| abductions | x/x | Noun |
| race riot | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| assailants | x/x | Noun |
| hijacked | /x | Verb |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| robberies | /xx | Noun |
| lockdown | /x | Noun |
| mexican standoff | /xx/x | Name, Name |
| lockout | /x | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| gunman | /x | Noun |
| bombings | /x | Noun |
| interrogation | xxx/x | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| panic attack | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| false flag | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| highway robbery | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hostile takeover | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| police state | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| enslavement | x/x | Noun |
| destabilization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| massacre | /xx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| counterterrorism | /xxxxx | Noun |
| prisoners | /xx | Noun |
| blockade | x/ | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| abducted | x/x | Adjective |
| aftercare | /xx | Noun |
| ambush | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| arousal | x/x | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bind | / | Noun, Verb |
| blindfold | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| bonded | /x | Adjective |
| bout | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| brink | / | Noun |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| captured | /x | Adjective |
| cataclysm | /xxx | Noun |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| concerns | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contrived | x/ | Adjective |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| cruz | / | Name |
| cry | / | Noun, Verb |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| death | / | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| delirium | x/xx | Noun |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| disasters | x/x | Noun |
| dislocation | x//x | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| downturns | /x | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassments | x/xx | Noun |
| emergencies | x/xx | Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| emotion | x/x | Noun |
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| exigency | x/xx | Noun |
| expressible | x/xx | Adjective |
| fit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| goal | / | Noun, Verb |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| grip | / | Noun, Verb |
| guesswork | /x | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| handle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| hardships | /x | Noun |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| held | / | Adjective |
| help | / | Verb, Noun |
| holocaust | /xx | Name, Verb |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ills | / | Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| insecurities | xx/xx | Noun |
| iran | x/ | Name |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| kris | / | Name, Verb |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| lebanon | /xx | Name |
| lynching | /x | Noun |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun |
| martyr | /x | Noun, Verb |
| meltdown | /x | Noun |
| middle east | /x/ | Name, Name |
| missile | /x | Noun |
| mission | /x | Noun, Verb |
| modeling | /xx | Noun |
| oil | / | Noun, Verb |
| origination | xxx/x | Noun |
| outbreak | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overseer | /x/x | Noun |
| panic | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| patrons | /x | Noun |
| pawns | / | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pinch | / | Noun, Verb |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| prey | / | Noun, Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| process | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prone | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| prototypical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| quality | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| recruit | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| revolution | xx/x | Noun |
| risk | / | Noun, Verb |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| scares | / | Verb, Noun |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| seizure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| shocks | / | Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| slaves | / | Noun |
| slowdown | /x | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun, Verb |
| spies | / | Verb |
| stalemate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| storm | / | Noun, Verb |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| surety | /xx | Noun |
| taken | /x | Adjective |
| takeover | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| tantrum | /x | Noun, Verb |
| testing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| threat | / | Noun, Verb |
| toy | / | Noun, Verb |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| trapped | / | Adjective |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| tributary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| trouble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| turbulence | /xx | Noun |
| turmoil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| twi | / | Name |
| unrest | x/ | Noun |
| upheavals | x/x | Noun |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| victim | /x | Noun, Verb |
| war | / | Noun, Verb |
| watergate | /xx | Name, Verb |
| whole | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| woman | /x | Noun, Verb |
| worry | /x | Verb, Noun |
