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antelope collapse: graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

tyrant collapse: a cruel and oppressive dictator; any person who exercises power in a cruel way; "his father was a tyrant"; in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

stern collapse: the rear part of a ship; United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920); severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

acquit collapse: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

certify collapse: declare legally insane; guarantee payment on; of checks; guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat"

clench collapse: squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"; hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

dictator collapse: a ruler who is unconstrained by law; a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine

chauvinist collapse: an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

oppressive collapse: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"; weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

resistant collapse: impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"

toehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints; a small foothold used in climbing; a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"

rightist collapse: a member of a right wing political party; believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

difficulty collapse: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"; a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"; a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

affliction collapse: a cause of great suffering and distress; a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health; a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

questionable collapse: able to be refuted; subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

diligent collapse: characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"; quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"

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