Across
- 1. Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
- 7. Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
- 9. The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
- 11. Something handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor.
- 12. Moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
- 13. A marked effect or influence.
- 15. The removal of all traces of something; obliteration.
- 17. The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
- 19. Supreme power or authority.
- 20. A thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.
Down
- 2. The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
- 3. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms.
- 4. The ability to recover quickly from difficulties.
- 5. The practice of acquiring control over another country.
- 6. The enforced departure of people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster.
- 8. Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
- 10. The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way.
- 14. A deeply distressing or disturbing experience.
- 16. An unexpected or casual meeting.
- 18. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a nation, people, or group.