Alienate is synonymous to separate. So it will alienate them from the group
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They would be damaging the environment by cutting down the trees. Trees play a vital role in the environment as they clean the air of carbon dioxide and help stop erosion as well as provide food and habitats to various organisms. Were they to be cut down, they would stop being these things to the environment.
As for the people, the solider betrayed their trust because as soldiers, they are meant to protect the people of the country that they are from. If a country's soldiers begins to attack the livelihood and property of the country's citizens as well as killing its own people, they have violated the oath they took to protect those same people.
I believe the correct answer is practices.
The entire paragraph is describing a practice which is quite common for this culture group. The practice is that of a competition where the emperor is present. There are no particular attitudes, values, or goals presented in the excerpt.
Gravity is a natural phenomenon
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Mirages are a common desert phenomenon
Each time a new social media app is revealed to the world it becomes a phenomenon for a while and then slowly fades into unimportance
Have you ever seen those episodes of cartoons or any tv show where theres a devil and an angel on each shoulder.. its an internal conflict.. the person is having a conflict on what he or she should do..