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break in collapse: make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"; break so as to call inward; "He broke in the door"; start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role; intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"; enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

familiarize collapse: make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

roaster collapse: a special cooking pan for roasting; flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting; a cook who roasts food; a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got"

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

interim collapse: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"; serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"

uncover collapse: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"; make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

naturalize collapse: make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"; make more natural or lifelike; adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"; explain with reference to nature

recession collapse: the act of ceding back; the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service; the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

get out collapse: express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"

blowout collapse: a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus; "the right front tire had a blowout"; "as a result of the blowout we lost all the lights"

carnival collapse: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions; a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

interruption collapse: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

capture collapse: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board; the act of taking of a person by force; any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle; a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field; capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"; succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"; attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"; bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"

already collapse: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"

drop out collapse: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"; leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

decamp collapse: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"; leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"

broiler collapse: an oven or part of a stove used for broiling; flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

recently collapse: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"; very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

rue collapse: (French) a street or road in France; leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy; European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

overt collapse: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

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"

sneak in collapse: enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"

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