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irrelevant collapse: having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

gestalt collapse: a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts

clause collapse: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

reduce collapse: take off weight; narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"; cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"; be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"; make smaller; "reduce an image"; make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"; cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"; reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site; undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"; lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"; simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another; lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"; bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

tackle collapse: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground; a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"; the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"; seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

provide for collapse

vicinity collapse: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

dome collapse: a hemispherical roof; a stadium that has a roof; a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward

wind collapse: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"; breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"; a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"; air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"; coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"; wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

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"

out of season collapse

competitor collapse

mid collapse

guy collapse: a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent); an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day; an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"; steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

give up collapse: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

back collapse: the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage; a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"; the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"; the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"; the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"; (football) a person who plays in the backfield; in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"; at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"; in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"; in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"; in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"; in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions"; strengthen by providing with a back or backing; establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"; shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"; travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"; cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"; support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"; be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"; be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

voiceless collapse

dental collapse: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"; of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"

cave in collapse: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

boards collapse: the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink; the stage of a theater; "most actors love to stride the boards"

bevel collapse: a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size; two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees; cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

suburbs collapse

fusty collapse: old-fashioned and out of date; stale and unclean smelling

suspended collapse: (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas"

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

nay collapse: a negative; "the nays have it"; not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

energize collapse

teeth collapse

halter collapse: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight; a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered; rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading; hang with a halter

suffix collapse: an affix that is added at the end of the word; attach a suffix to; "suffix words"

stale collapse: showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; urinate, of cattle and horses

spanking collapse: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"

signature collapse: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book; your name written in your own handwriting; a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

rescue collapse: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"; take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"; free from harm or evil

hugger mugger collapse: act stealthily or secretively

break collapse: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"; a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door"; an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"; (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"; the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool; an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice"; an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"; the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"; weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"; diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"; fall sharply; "stock prices broke"; be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"; crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"; render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"; become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"; destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"; happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"; prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"; change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"; come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"; find the solution or key to; "break the code"; find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"; undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"; interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"; be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"; pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin"; become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke"; break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"; go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"; ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"; separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"; make the opening shot that scatters the balls; destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"; exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"; force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"; curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke"; emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke"; scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"; make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke"; move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"; change directions suddenly; invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"; interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"; cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright"; happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"; come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York"; give up; "break cigarette smoking"; cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"; vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"; come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

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