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mosaic collapse: art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass; assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture; transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube; a pattern resembling a mosaic; a freeware browser; viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves; decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement"; of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

kilometer collapse: a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

donkey collapse: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

granite collapse: something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"; plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

breccia collapse: a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand

sale collapse: a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"; the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"; an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"; an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"; the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"

suppression collapse: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"; the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"; (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

monad collapse: (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan); a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive; (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

gauge collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.; the thickness of wire; the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train; accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared; mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"; adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"; measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"; determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"; rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"

lava collapse: rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface

keep off collapse: refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"; refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

still life collapse: a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

difficulty collapse: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"; a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"; a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

black out collapse: suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"; darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"; obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

imprint collapse: a device produced by pressure on a surface; a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"; an impression produced by pressure or printing; an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page; "the book was published under a distinguished imprint"; establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"

eclipse collapse: one celestial body obscures another; cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"; cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies; "The moon eclipsed the sun"

hamper collapse: a basket usually with a cover; prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

rotogravure collapse: printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press; printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

typography collapse: the craft of composing type and printing from it; art and technique of printing with movable type

gravure collapse: the act of intaglio printing; an intaglio print produced by gravure; a printing plate used in the process of gravure

altarpiece collapse: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

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