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stranglehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe; complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

rebuff collapse: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); an instance of driving away or warding off; reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

isomer collapse: a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

kite collapse: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals; plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string; a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float; a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value; fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"; soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"; get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"; increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"

abominable collapse: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

disobedience collapse: the failure to obey; the trait of being unwilling to obey

chassis collapse: the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor; a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device

lipstick collapse: makeup that is used to color the lips; apply lipstick to; "She lipsticked her mouth"; form by tracing with lipstick; "The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks"

objectionable collapse: causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

sublimation collapse: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

rudiment collapse: the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"; the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

repercussion collapse: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

biochemical collapse: of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms

polymer collapse: a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

unhealthy collapse: not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"; not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

maladroit collapse: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

inconvenient collapse: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"; not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

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