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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"

limit collapse: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"; the boundary of a specific area; as far as something can go; the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"; the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity; restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

berating collapse: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"

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

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"

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"

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

positivist collapse: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes; of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"

tag collapse: (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game); a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser; a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal; provide with a name or nickname; attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"; touch a player while he is holding the ball; supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

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"

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

vitriol collapse: (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry; subject to bitter verbal abuse; expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

obstructionist collapse: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

despiteful collapse: showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

pullback collapse: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"; a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"

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