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mute collapse: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument; a deaf person who is unable to speak; expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe; lacking power of speech

inarticulate collapse: without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"

damper collapse: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"; a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations; a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

tone down collapse: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

bearer collapse: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"

indication collapse: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"; something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"; (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"; the act of indicating or pointing out by name

inanimate collapse: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"; belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

bilabial collapse: a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/; of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips; "bilabial fricatives"

glottal collapse: of or relating to or produced by the glottis; "glottal stops"

palatal collapse: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'); produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin'); relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

vowel collapse: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open; a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel

super collapse: including more than a specified category; "a super experiment"; extremely large; "another super skyscraper"; to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for Mother's visit"

muffle collapse: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

labial collapse: relating to or near the female labium; of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"

premise collapse: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; take something as preexisting and given; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

understudy collapse: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; be an understudy or alternate for a role

deaden collapse: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil; make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"; become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor; lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"; make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

phone collapse: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

inert collapse: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"; unable to move or resist motion; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

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