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evaporate collapse: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"; change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"; cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"

scat collapse: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument; flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

purr collapse: a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat; indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

preservative collapse: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition; tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative"

bate collapse: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"; flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons; moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"

die collapse: a device used for shaping metal; a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods; suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"; disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"; lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"; to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player; cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"; be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"; languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"; feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"; suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"

dice collapse: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers; play dice

purist collapse: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

snuff out collapse: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"; put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

voice collapse: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"; the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"; the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"; the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"; something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"; a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"; (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"; (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes; give voice to; "He voiced his concern"; utter with vibrating vocal chords

fall off collapse: diminish in size or intensity; come off; "This button had fallen off"

erode collapse: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"; become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

conk collapse: informal term for the nose; hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"

canto collapse: a major division of a long poem; the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

disperse collapse: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";; to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

dissolve collapse: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"; come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"; bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"; become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"; pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"; cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"; become weaker; "The sound faded out"; cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"; lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"; cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

wear away collapse: diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"

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