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tragedy collapse: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

waft collapse: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room"; blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door"

roundhouse collapse: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing; workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives

explode collapse: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"; burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"; be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"; cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"; show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete; show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"; drive from the stage by noisy disapproval; cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/; destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"

play out collapse: become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast"; play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"; perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?"

sell out collapse: give information that compromises others; get rid of all one's merchandise

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

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

set in collapse: become established; "winter has set in"; enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"; blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"

cracker collapse: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends; a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet; a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"

blow out collapse: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"; erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"

whiff collapse: a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike; a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil; utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"; strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third; drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

snuff collapse: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose; a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time; the charred portion of a candlewick; snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown; inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"; sniff or smell inquiringly

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

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