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  1. Cochise
    Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
    Acting Cochise County Sheriff Rod Rothrock confirmed the scenario but would not say if Ivie was the first to shoot, saying that was up to the federal agencies involved.
  2. botch
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
    Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010 and spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.
  3. saturation
    the process of totally infusing something with a substance
    "That was the reason for the saturation manhunt there.
  4. assailant
    someone who attacks
    In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Border Patrol and other federal and local agencies flooded the area with personnel looking for who they believed were assailants who had attacked the agents.
  5. vista
    the visual percept of a region
    A visitation was to be held in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Sunday night for Ivie, who is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
  6. rugged
    having long narrow shallow depressions in the surface
    The shooting occurred in a rugged hilly area about five miles north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz., an area known for illegal trafficking.
  7. probe
    an exploratory action or expedition
    Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010 and spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.
  8. terrain
    a piece of ground having specific characteristics
    "It was dark, very, very rugged terrain, and what they could see of each other was further obscured by the fact that there was brush and cacti and stuff like that between them," Rothrock said.
  9. proximity
    the property of being close together
    "I have no doubt that these agents were in as heightened a state of alert as you can get due to the proximity to the border and the history of trafficking in that area."
  10. sierra
    a range of mountains
    A visitation was to be held in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Sunday night for Ivie, who is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
Created on Sun Oct 07 21:26:53 EDT 2012

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