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escarpment collapse: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification; a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

leukocyte collapse: blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

plasma collapse: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended; (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"; a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

kickback collapse: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

depend on collapse: be dependent on, as for support or maintenance; "elderly parents often depend on their adult children"; be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

blistered collapse: (of skin) having blisters (swellings containing watery fluid) caused by burning or irritation; "escaped from the fire with only a blistered hand"

pepper collapse: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"; add pepper to; "pepper the soup"

regularity collapse: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"; a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

rollback collapse: reducing prices back to some earlier level; the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

poetry collapse: literature in metrical form; any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

bin collapse: a container; usually has a lid; the quantity contained in a bin; store in bins

vat collapse: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

foolhardy collapse: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

whet collapse: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone; make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

dampen collapse: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

coast collapse: the area within view; "the coast is clear"; a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"; move effortlessly; by force of gravity

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

rim collapse: the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached; (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"; the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object; roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"; furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"; run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"

sling collapse: bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck; a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released; a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice; hurl as if with a sling

deflagration collapse: combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

tame collapse: flat and uninspiring; brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"; very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"; correct by punishment or discipline

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