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walkout collapse: the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak"; a strike in which the workers walk out

ejection collapse: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

crayon collapse: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing; write, draw, or trace with a crayon

fireman collapse: play in which children pretend to put out a fire; a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

continual collapse: seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"; `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

ceaseless collapse: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

sustained collapse: maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight"

carter collapse: someone whose work is driving carts; 39th President of the United States (1924-); Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

musketry collapse: the technique of using small arms (especially in battle); musketeers and their muskets collectively

caddie collapse: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player; act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

porter collapse: a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley; a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars); a person employed to carry luggage and supplies; United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910); United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946); United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980); carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"

alert collapse: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"; very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"; (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"; not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"; mentally responsive; "an alert mind"

anticipate collapse: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"; realize beforehand; be excited or anxious about; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

erase collapse: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"; wipe out magnetically recorded information; remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

sachem collapse: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief); a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)

horn collapse: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates; any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn; an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound; a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather); a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it; a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;; the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails; stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

quest collapse: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"; seek alms, as for religious purposes; search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"; make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"

sketchbook collapse: a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

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