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commemorate collapse: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"; be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"; mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"

eulogize collapse: praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

bumble collapse: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

sundowner collapse: a drink taken at sundown; a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

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"

peal collapse: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells); ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"

flare up collapse: ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

whet collapse: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone; make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

slather collapse: spread thickly; "I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese"

gum up collapse: stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"

eliminate collapse: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

respire collapse: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide; breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

airplane collapse: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

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