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parachute collapse: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

concentration camp collapse: a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions); a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions

ingenue collapse: the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play; an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage); an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

outline collapse: a schematic or preliminary plan; a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; the line that appears to bound an object

hidden collapse: difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"; designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"

veiled collapse: muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy"; having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults"

halter collapse: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight; a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered; rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading; hang with a halter

figuration collapse: decorating with a design; representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

antagonist collapse: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug; a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"

dormant collapse: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"; of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"; in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

complexion collapse: (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament; texture and appearance of the skin of the face; the coloring of a person's face; a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"; a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"; give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

configuration collapse: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"

sleeping collapse: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate; the state of being asleep

person collapse: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"; a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"; a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

potential collapse: the inherent capacity for coming into being; existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"

heroine collapse: the main good female character in a work of fiction; a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

soubrette collapse: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy; a pert or flirtatious young girl

umbrella collapse: having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"; a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets; "an air umbrella over England"; a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy; covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage"

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