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deep freeze collapse: temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"; store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation; "deep-freeze the food"

refrigerate collapse: cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"; preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"

dehydrate collapse: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"; preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"

mummify collapse: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"; remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"; preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

irradiate collapse: expose to radiation; "irradiate food"; cast rays of light upon

fallout shelter collapse: a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb

refrigeration collapse: deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath"; the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes

ice collapse: a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk); the frozen part of a body of water; diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!"; water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"; put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs"

dehydration collapse: the process of extracting moisture; depletion of bodily fluids; dryness resulting from the removal of water

evaporate collapse: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"; change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"; cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"

freeze collapse: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"; an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"; weather cold enough to cause freezing; the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid; suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"; anesthetize by cold; be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"; prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"; stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"; change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"; cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"; change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"; stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"; be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"

fallout collapse: the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

pickle collapse: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar; preserve in a pickling liquid

taxidermy collapse: the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

corn collapse: something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"; ears of corn grown for human food; tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times; (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland); the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal; a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes; preserve with salt; "corned beef"; feed (cattle) with corn

stun collapse: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

blight collapse: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted; cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

horripilate collapse: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"; have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

season collapse: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"; a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"; a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"; make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"; lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

preserve collapse: a reservation where animals are protected; a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"; prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"; keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

blast collapse: a very long fly ball; an explosion (as of dynamite); use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"; make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

mummification collapse: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

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