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blood money collapse: paid to a hired murderer; a reward for information about a murderer; compensation paid to the family of a murdered person

coldly collapse: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood"

drizzle collapse: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower; moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"; rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"

queenly collapse: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"

predicament collapse: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

revolutionize collapse: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"; fill with revolutionary ideas; overthrow by a revolution, of governments

immediacy collapse: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"; the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"; immediate intuitive awareness

flux collapse: in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"; a flow or discharge; a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"; excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea); a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed; the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

seniority collapse: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

ply collapse: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood; one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"; use diligently; "ply your wits!"; wield vigorously; "ply an axe"; join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"; travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"; apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"

atonement collapse: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

insistence collapse: the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"; continual and persistent demands

tax collapse: charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government; make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"; use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"; levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"; set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

royalty collapse: royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"; payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"

moisture collapse: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

suborder collapse: (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

flesh collapse: the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat; remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture

macaroni collapse: pasta in the form of slender tubes; a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"

incumbency collapse: the office of an incumbent; a duty that is incumbent upon you

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