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punishable collapse: liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"

unconstitutional collapse: not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution

moonshine collapse: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash; distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

obliterate collapse: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"; do away with completely, without leaving a trace

depressant collapse: capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent

epidemic collapse: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time; (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

prance collapse: ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward; cause (a horse) to bound spring forward; spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

dervish collapse: an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements

canter collapse: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"; ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"; go at a canter, of horses

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

sackcloth and ashes collapse: a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

black humor collapse: the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

blacken collapse: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

discouraging collapse: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"; expressing disapproval

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

mercury poisoning collapse: a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death

jet lag collapse: fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

trench foot collapse: resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet

radiation sickness collapse: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"

snapshot collapse: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

mug shot collapse: a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)

mourning collapse: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

black death collapse: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

hunt collapse: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); United States architect (1827-1895); Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

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