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renovate collapse: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

fail collapse: get worse; "Her health is declining"; stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"; prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"; disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"; become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"; fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"; fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"; judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"; be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"; fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"; be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

seesaw collapse: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end; move up and down as if on a seesaw

retain collapse: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

adapt collapse: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

bandy collapse: have legs that curve outward at the knees; discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"; exchange blows; toss or strike a ball back and forth

bolster collapse: a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows; support and strengthen; "bolster morale"; prop up with a pillow or bolster

go far collapse: extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"

mince collapse: food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"; make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"; cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"; walk daintily; "She minced down the street"

evacuate collapse: excrete or discharge from the body; empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"; create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel); move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"; move people from their homes or country

echo collapse: the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped; a reply that repeats what has just been said; (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained; call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

back burner collapse: reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"

reimbursement collapse: compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"

acknowledgment collapse: a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"

scotch collapse: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; make a small cut or score into

scatter collapse: the act of scattering; a haphazard distribution in all directions; distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"; sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

suspend collapse: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"; make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"; hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"; bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.; render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

refuse collapse: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"; refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

sheer collapse: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"; straight up or down without a break; cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

aft collapse: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

unpaid collapse: not paid; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill"; without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

break down collapse: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"; cause to fall or collapse; lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

intermittence collapse: the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

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