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mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

give way collapse: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

droop collapse: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

wallow collapse: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"; a puddle where animals go to wallow; delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"; devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"; be ecstatic with joy; roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

jettison collapse: throw as from an airplane; throw away, of something encumbering

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cove collapse: a small inlet; small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

falter collapse: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

give away collapse: make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"; formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

eliminate collapse: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

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