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afterglow collapse: the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; "he basked in the afterglow of his victory"; a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset

debris collapse: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

prey collapse: animal hunted or caught for food; a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"; profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"

countless collapse: too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

finalize collapse: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"

immeasurably collapse: to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement; "the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man"

totality collapse: the quality of being complete and indiscriminate; "the totality of war and its consequences"; "the all-embracing totality of the state"

goal collapse: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"; game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points; the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"

leftover collapse: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists; not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

largely collapse: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"; on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row"

interpretation collapse: an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"; a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something; an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

stubble collapse: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

tenement district collapse: a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses

ghetto collapse: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions; formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"; any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"

barrio collapse: an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country; a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

annihilation collapse: destruction by annihilating something; total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

skid row collapse: a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

face to face collapse: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

culmination collapse: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

target collapse: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at; a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"; the location of the target that is to be hit; intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

denouement collapse: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

survival collapse: something that survives; a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment; a state of surviving; remaining alive

crupper collapse: a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

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