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earshot collapse: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

meteoric collapse: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"; pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids; "meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts"

fascinated collapse: having your attention fixated as though by a spell; intensely interested in or attracted by; "I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them"

elliptic collapse: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

default collapse: loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"; act of failing to meet a financial obligation; fail to pay up

fleeting collapse: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

synoptic collapse: presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament; "synoptic sayings"; presenting a summary or general view of a whole; "a synoptic presentation of a physical theory"

sheared collapse: (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"; having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"

all of a sudden collapse: without warning; "all at once, he started shouting"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

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