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bombard collapse: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"; throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

therefore collapse: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"

water vapor collapse: water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature

eminent domain collapse: the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

ascension collapse: (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon; (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection; (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

debouch collapse: pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"; march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley"

arise collapse: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"; rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"; originate or come into being; "a question arose"

average collapse: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"; lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"; approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"; lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"; compute the average of; achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"; amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

enter collapse: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"; come on stage; to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

saturation point collapse: (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor

common sense collapse: sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

pole vault collapse: a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

accrue collapse: grow by addition; "The interest accrues"; come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

unestablished collapse: not established; "a reputation as yet unestablished"

standardize collapse: cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"; evaluate by comparing with a standard

judiciously collapse: in a judicious manner; "let's use these intelligence tests judiciously"

normalize collapse: make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling"; become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

routinely collapse: according to routine or established practice; "he routinely parked in a no-parking zone"

regularize collapse: make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker"

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