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suffocation collapse: killing by depriving of oxygen; the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"

abolition collapse: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"

abrogation collapse: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

revocation collapse: the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law"; the state of being cancelled or annulled

countermand collapse: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

annihilation collapse: destruction by annihilating something; total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

annulment collapse: (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

elimination collapse: the murder of a competitor; the act of removing or getting rid of something; the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives; the bodily process of discharging waste matter

retraction collapse: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"; a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

nullification collapse: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something; the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

extinction collapse: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"; a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"; the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"; no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"

vacation collapse: the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"; spend or take a vacation

cancellation collapse: the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement; the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

write off collapse: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"; concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"; write something fluently, and without hesitation; cancel (a debt)

choking collapse: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"; a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

negation collapse: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false; the speech act of negating; a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

liquidation collapse: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

recall collapse: the act of removing an official by petition; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"; a bugle call that signals troops to return; a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"; a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair); cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"; summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"; cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"; make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

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