Across
- 2. To strengthen or support a policy, army, or argument.
- 3. To gradually intrude on another nation's territory or rights.
- 6. To officially express strong disapproval of actions or behaviors.
- 7. To publish or announce officially, such as laws or decrees.
- 10. Similar or comparable in important ways.
- 11. To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- 13. To officially give up territory, rights, or control to another power.
- 14. To speak of someone or something in a disrespectful way.
- 15. To encourage growth or development.
- 17. To completely eliminate a disease, practice, or problem.
- 18. To leave out or fail to include.
Down
- 1. To help bring about rapid change or action.
- 4. To take on or begin using a new idea, practice, or system.
- 5. To make a reference to something indirectly.
- 8. To reduce the severity or impact of a problem.
- 9. To make an existing problem worse.
- 12. To take advantage of resources, people, or situations for gain.
- 16. To use up natural resources or supplies.
