partial – adj. not complete or total

annex – v. to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place)

negligence – n. failure to take the care that a responsible person usually takes; lack of normal care or attention

on board – idiom  carried, or happening, on a vehicle

homicide – n. the act of killing another person

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