Cases of word usage

1) (of materials such as packaging) able to rot and be destroyed by natural means (biodegradable)

2) an apparatus used for holding things together tightly by means of a screw (clamp)

3) (a belief in) a social system in which the State owns and controls the means of wealth and production (communism)

4) to take away weapons and other means of attack from (a person) (disarm)

5) to make (a person) able to do something by giving authority or means (enable)

6) in what way or manner; by what means (how)

7) (used after a word or phrase which is going to be explained) that is; which means (i.e.)

8) the lack of power or means (inability)

9) (of disease) that can be spread by means of bacteria carried in the air or in water (infectious)

10) to make oneself accepted slowly and using dishonest means (insinuate)