subpoena
A subpoena is a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness.
insurrection
An insurrection is violent action that is taken by a large group of people against the rulers of their country, usually in order to remove them from office.
soliciting
美: [səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ]
英: [sə'lɪsɪtɪŋ]
the act of approaching a person with an offer of sexual relations in return for money
fundraising
美: [ˈfʌndˌreɪziŋ]
英: [ˈfʌndreɪzɪŋ]
the act of collecting or producing money for a particular purpose, especially for a charity
traumatic
美: [trɔˈmætɪk]
英: [trɔːˈmætɪk]
If an experience is traumatic, it causes you severe emotional shock and upset.
A traumatic experience is very shocking and upsetting, and may cause psychological damage.
impaired
美: [ɪmˈperd]
英: [ɪmˈpeə(r)d]
You use -impaired in adjectives where you are describing someone with a particular disability. For example, someone who is hearing-impaired has a disability affecting their hearing, and someone who is visually-impaired has a disability affecting their sight.
parietal
adjective
medical specialized
UK/pəˈraɪ.ə.təl/ US/pəˈraɪ.ə.t̬əl/
relating to the wall or outer surface of a body part
of or relating to the side of the skull
contusion
美: [kənˈtuʒ(ə)n]
英: [kənˈtjuːʒ(ə)n]
A contusion is a bruise.
haematoma
noun [ C ]
medical uk specialized (us hematoma)
UK/hiː.məˈtəʊ.mə/ US/ˌhiː.məˈtoʊ.mə/
a thick mass of blood anywhere in the body resulting from an injury or blood disorder。
subdural hematomas
coma
noun [ C ]
UK/ˈkəʊ.mə/ US/ˈkoʊ.mə/
a state in which a person is unconscious and cannot be woken, caused by damage to the brain after an accident or illness
Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
linebacker
noun [ C ]
us
UK/ˈlaɪnˌbæk.ər/ US/ˈlaɪnˌbæk.ɚ/
a player in American football who tries to stop players from the other team from moving the ball along the field
affiliate
verb [ T ]
UK/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/ US/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/
to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization
An affiliate is a subordinate group or organization associated with a larger group or organization. For example, the American broadcasting company NBC has hundreds of affiliate stations around the country.
frantic
adjective
UK/ˈfræn.tɪk/ US/ˈfræn.t̬ɪk/
frantic adjective (VERY WORRIED/FRIGHTENED)
C2
almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry
If you are frantic, you are behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way because you are frightened or worried.
uncommunicative
adjective
UK/ˌʌn.kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ US/ˌʌn.kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/
not willing to talk
If you describe someone as uncommunicative, you are critical of them because they do not talk to other people very much and are unwilling to express opinions or give information.
catatonic
adjective
UK/ˌkæt.əˈtɒn.ɪk/ US/ˌkæt̬.əˈtɑː.nɪk/
If someone is catatonic, they are stiff and not moving or reacting, as if dead.
If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
postpartum
adjective
medical specialized
UK/ˌpəʊstˈpɑː.təm/ US/ˌpoʊstˈpɑːr.t̬əm/
after giving birth
postpartum depression
slaying
noun [ C ]
mainly us
UK/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/ US/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
a murder
resuscitation
noun [ U ]
UK/rɪˌsʌs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ US/rɪˌsʌs.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of bringing someone or something back to life or waking them
If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again.
cardiopulmonary resuscitation：an emergency measure to revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating, in which compressions applied with the hands to the patient's chest are alternated with mouth-to-mouth respiration
boardwalk
noun [ C ]
us
UK/ˈbɔːd.wɔːk/ US/ˈbɔːrd.wɑːk/
a path made of wooden boards built along a beach
premeditated
英 [ˌpriːˈmedɪteɪtɪd]美 [ˌpriːˈmedɪteɪtɪd]
A premeditated crime is planned or thought about before it is done.
aggravate
verb [ T ]
UK/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/ US/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/
aggravate verb [T] (MAKE WORSE)
to make a bad situation worse
to make a disease worse
to annoy someone
Aggravated is used to describe a serious crime which involves violence.
psychosis
noun [ C or U ]
UK/saɪˈkəʊ.sɪs/ US/saɪˈkoʊ.sɪs/
plural psychoses
any of a number of the more severe mental diseases that make someone believe things that are not real
Psychosis is mental illness of a severe kind which can make people lose contact with reality.
delusional
adjective
UK/dɪˈluː.ʒən.əl/ US/dɪˈluː.ʒən.əl/
believing things that are not true
A delusion is a false idea.
crib
noun [ C ]
UK/krɪb/ US/krɪb/
crib noun [C] (BED)
us
(uk cot)
a small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out
A crib is a bed for a small baby.
effortlessly
adverb
approving
UK/ˈef.ət.ləs.li/ US/ˈef.ɚt.ləs.li/
in a way that is effortless (= seeming not to need any effort):
inevitably
If something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.
in a way that cannot be avoided
clear-cut
Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
clear or obvious without needing any proof
thud
noun [ C ]
UK/θʌd/ US/θʌd/
the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else
A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft.
punctuate
verb [ T ]
UK/ˈpʌŋk.tʃuː.eɪt/ US/ˈpʌŋk.tuː.eɪt/
punctuate verb [T] (ADD PUNCTUATION)
to add punctuation marks (= symbols) to writing so that people can see when a sentence starts and finishes, see that something is a question, etc.
If an activity or situation is punctuated by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
rundown
noun [ usually S ]
UK/ˈrʌn.daʊn/ US/ˈrʌn.daʊn/
rundown noun [usually S] (REPORT)
a detailed report
a reduction in the size or quality of something
1.
a concise summary or outline
2. US, Baseball
the act of running down a base runner
custody
noun [ U ]
UK/ˈkʌs.tə.di/ US/ˈkʌs.tə.di/
custody noun [U] (CARE)
C2
the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died
heinous
adjective
formal
UK/ˈheɪ.nəs/ US/ˈheɪ.nəs/
very bad and shocking
If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible.
collateral
noun [ U ]
UK/kəˈlæt.ər.əl/ US/kəˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
collateral noun [U] (SECURITY FOR DEBT )
valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money, that they agree will become the property of the company or person who lends the money if the debt is not paid back
Collateral damage
Collateral damage is accidental injury to non-military people or damage to non-military buildings which occurs during a military operation.
stem from sth
— phrasal verb with stem verb [ T ]
UK/stem/ US/stem/
-mm-
C1
to start or develop as the result of something
relent
verb [ I ]
UK/rɪˈlent/ US/rɪˈlent/
to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before
If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.
catapult
noun [ C ]
UK/ˈkæt.ə.pʌlt/ US/ˈkæt̬.ə.pʌlt/
a device that can throw objects at a high speed
A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
anomaly
noun [ C or U ]
formal
UK/əˈnɒm.ə.li/ US/əˈnɑː.mə.li/
a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory
If something is an anomaly, it is different from what is usual or expected.