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swear off collapse: promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

hopeless collapse: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"; without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"; certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"; of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"

assumption collapse: the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"; the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"; (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended; celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church

irremediable collapse: impossible to remedy or correct or redress; "an irremediable error"; "irremediable defects of character"

shrug off collapse: minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

liability collapse: the quality of being something that holds you back; the state of being legally obliged and responsible

forget collapse: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"; dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"; leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"; forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

magnet collapse: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field

cheer collapse: a cry or shout of approval; show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"; urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"; become cheerful; cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"; give encouragement to

discontinue collapse: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"; come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"

inoperable collapse: not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable"; not able to perform its normal function

secede collapse: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

freely collapse: in a free manner; "the painting featured freely brushed strokes"

incurable collapse: a person whose disease is incurable; unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"; incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

optimism collapse: a general disposition to expect the best in all things; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

leave behind collapse: depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

leave off collapse: stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"; come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started"

abscond collapse: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

ardor collapse: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"; intense feeling of love; a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

tendency collapse: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"; a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

concede collapse: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"; admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"; acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

possibility collapse: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"; a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"; capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

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