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debunk collapse: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

dawn collapse: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"; the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"; an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"; become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"; appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"

intermezzo collapse: a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera; a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony

suppurate collapse: cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"

risk collapse: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"; the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent; the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred; expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

policeman collapse: a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

confusion collapse: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"; an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"; a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"; a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused; disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"

Interpol collapse: an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

lull collapse: a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"; become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"; calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

mythology collapse: the study of myths; myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

Federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

outlaw collapse: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

be born collapse: come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"

fortune collapse: a large amount of wealth or prosperity; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

advocate collapse: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court

vacation collapse: the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"; spend or take a vacation

quid pro quo collapse: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

prosecution collapse: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior; the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

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