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break up
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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?"
related words >
blow
,
break down
,
burn out
,
collapse
,
crack up
,
droop
,
drop
,
faint
,
fatigue
,
flag
,
gasp
,
get tired
,
give out
,
grow weary
,
jade
,
pant
,
peter out
,
poop out
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
run down
,
run out
,
sink
,
succumb
,
tire
,
weary
,
wheeze
,
wilt
alter
collapse
remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
related words >
abate
,
accommodate
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
alter into
,
ameliorate
,
assuage
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
become
,
better
,
bottom out
,
box in
,
break
,
break up
,
castrate
,
change
,
change into
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circumscribe
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round to
,
condition
,
convert
,
deform
,
degenerate
,
denature
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diminish
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
emasculate
,
eunuchize
,
evolve into
,
fall into
,
fit
,
fix
,
flop
,
geld
,
haul around
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
improve
,
jibe
,
lapse into
,
leaven
,
limit
,
meliorate
,
melt into
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
narrow
,
open into
,
overthrow
,
palliate
,
pass into
,
qualify
,
re-create
,
realign
,
rebuild
,
reconstruct
,
redesign
,
reduce
,
refit
,
reform
,
regulate by
,
remake
,
remodel
,
renew
,
reshape
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
restructure
,
revamp
,
revise
,
revive
,
ring the changes
,
ripen into
,
run into
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
settle into
,
shift
,
shift into
,
shift the scene
,
shuffle the cards
,
soften
,
spay
,
subvert
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
temper
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn the tide
,
turn to
,
turn upside down
,
undergo a change
,
unsex
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
work a change
,
worsen
not mind
collapse
related words >
break the law
,
care naught for
,
care nothing for
,
defy
,
disobey
,
disregard
,
flout
,
go counter to
,
ignore
,
not care
,
not conform
,
not heed
,
not keep
,
not listen
,
not observe
,
refuse to cooperate
,
scoff at
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set naught by
,
shrug off
,
transgress
,
violate
sunup
collapse
related words >
aurora
,
break of day
,
brightening
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
crack of dawn
,
dawn
,
dawning
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayspring
,
first brightening
,
light
,
morn
,
morning
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
sunrise
,
vestibule of Day
daybreak
collapse
related words >
aurora
,
break of day
,
brightening
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
crack of dawn
,
dawn
,
dawning
,
day-peep
,
daylight
,
dayspring
,
first brightening
,
light
,
morn
,
morning
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
sunrise
,
sunup
,
vestibule of Day
knock over
collapse
related words >
beat down
,
blow down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
cast down
,
chop down
,
commit robbery
,
cut down
,
down
,
drop
,
fell
,
flatten
,
floor
,
ground
,
heist
,
hijack
,
hold up
,
knock
,
knock down
,
level
,
mow down
,
mug
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
rip off
,
rob
,
smash
,
steamroller
,
stick up
,
take down
,
tear down
,
throw down
to and fro
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
back and forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
by turns
,
capriciously
,
changeably
,
desultorily
,
erratically
,
every other
,
hitch and hike
,
in and out
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
inconstantly
,
make and break
,
mutatis mutandis
,
off and on
,
on and off
,
reciprocally
,
ride and tie
,
round and round
,
seesaw
,
shuttlewise
,
turn about
,
uncertainly
,
unsteadfastly
,
unsteadily
,
up and down
,
variably
,
vice versa
,
waveringly
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
collapse
any two people who are hard to tell apart
related words >
Castor and Pollux
,
Gemini
,
Siamese twins
,
Twin Stars
,
dead heat
,
deadlock
,
draw
,
even break
,
exact mates
,
fair shake
,
fraternal twins
,
identical twins
,
knotted score
,
neck-and-neck race
,
pair of twins
,
photo finish
,
stalemate
,
standoff
,
the same
,
tie
,
twins
pause
collapse
temporary inactivity
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
related words >
abeyance
,
accent
,
accent mark
,
afterthought
,
back down
,
balance
,
bar
,
bashfulness
,
bind
,
blench
,
block
,
blockage
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boundary
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breathe
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
breve rest
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
call a break
,
call a recess
,
call time
,
cancel
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
character
,
cigarette break
,
clause boundary
,
clause terminal
,
close juncture
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
colon
,
comma
,
compunction
,
custos
,
day off
,
debate
,
declare a recess
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demurral
,
detention
,
diffidence
,
direct
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinue
,
discontinuity
,
dot
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
eighth rest
,
enforced respite
,
expression mark
,
falling terminal
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fermata
,
fight shy of
,
fissure
,
flinch
,
gap
,
half rest
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
hold
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
hold-up
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interrupt
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
jam
,
jib
,
juncture
,
key signature
,
knock off
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
lay off
,
layoff
,
lead
,
let up
,
letup
,
ligature
,
logjam
,
lull
,
make bones about
,
mark
,
mark time
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
minim
,
modesty
,
moratorium
,
notation
,
objection
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
open juncture
,
paperasserie
,
period
,
plateau
,
point
,
point of repose
,
ponder
,
presa
,
protest
,
pull back
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
quarter rest
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
recoil
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
relief
,
remission
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retreat
,
rising terminal
,
sandhi
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
segno
,
semicolon
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sign
,
signature
,
sixteenth rest
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
slur
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop
,
stop for breath
,
stop to consider
,
stoppage
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
swell
,
symbol
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
tea break
,
tempo mark
,
terminal
,
think twice about
,
tie
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
time signature
,
truce
,
vacation
,
vinculum
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
word boundary
,
yield
betide
collapse
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
befall
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
befall
collapse
become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
betide
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
debunk
collapse
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
related words >
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
correct
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
discover
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tell the truth
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
uncloak
,
undeceive
,
undress
,
unmask
,
unshroud
,
unspell
,
wake up
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"
related words >
A
,
advent
,
alpha
,
antemeridian
,
appear
,
appearance
,
arise
,
arrival
,
arrive
,
aurora
,
auroral
,
awakening
,
begin
,
beginning
,
birth
,
blast-off
,
break
,
break of day
,
brighten
,
brightening
,
broad day
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
come to mind
,
commence
,
commencement
,
crack of dawn
,
creation
,
cutting edge
,
dawning
,
day
,
day glow
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayshine
,
dayspring
,
daytide
,
daytime
,
develop
,
dusk
,
edge
,
emerge
,
emergence
,
establishment
,
first brightening
,
first light
,
flying start
,
foundation
,
fresh start
,
full sun
,
genesis
,
gleam
,
green flash
,
grow bright
,
grow light
,
inauguration
,
inception
,
institution
,
jump-off
,
kick-off
,
leading edge
,
light
,
light of day
,
lighten
,
matin
,
matinal
,
matutinal
,
midday sun
,
morn
,
morning
,
new departure
,
noonlight
,
noontide light
,
occur to
,
oncoming
,
onset
,
opening
,
origin
,
originate
,
origination
,
outbreak
,
outset
,
outstart
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
ray of sunshine
,
rise
,
running start
,
send-off
,
setting in motion
,
setting-up
,
shine
,
square one
,
start
,
start-off
,
starting point
,
sun spark
,
sunbeam
,
sunbreak
,
sunburst
,
sunlight
,
sunrise
,
sunshine
,
sunup
,
take-off
,
twilight
,
unfold
,
vestibule of Day
wear thin
collapse
related words >
bomb
,
break
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crumble
,
decline
,
disintegrate
,
droop
,
drop
,
fade
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall flat
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
hit the skids
,
languish
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
poop out
,
sink
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wilt
,
yield
go to the dogs
collapse
related words >
be ruined
,
become insolvent
,
break
,
bust
,
collapse
,
come down
,
crash
,
decline
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
fail
,
fold
,
fold up
,
go bankrupt
,
go broke
,
go downhill
,
go into receivership
,
go to glory
,
go to hell
,
go to perdition
,
go to pot
,
go to ruin
,
go to shivers
,
go to smash
,
go to smithereens
,
go under
,
go up
,
go wrong
,
have a comedown
,
hit rock bottom
,
reach the depths
,
shut down
,
sink
,
slip
,
touch bottom
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
related words >
abeyance
,
act
,
afterpiece
,
anacrusis
,
bass passage
,
bit
,
bourdon
,
break
,
bridge
,
burden
,
cadence
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
chaser
,
chorus
,
coda
,
coffee break
,
curtain
,
curtain call
,
curtain raiser
,
day off
,
development
,
divertimento
,
divertissement
,
division
,
downtime
,
drop
,
epilogue
,
exode
,
exodus
,
exposition
,
expository scene
,
figure
,
finale
,
folderol
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
harmonic close
,
hesitation
,
hoke act
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
introduction
,
introductory phrase
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
measure
,
movement
,
musical phrase
,
musical sentence
,
number
,
off-time
,
ornament
,
part
,
passage
,
pause
,
period
,
phrase
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
prologue
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
refrain
,
relief
,
remission
,
resolution
,
respite
,
response
,
rest
,
resting point
,
ritornello
,
routine
,
scene
,
section
,
shtick
,
sketch
,
skit
,
song and dance
,
stand-down
,
stand-up comedy act
,
stanza
,
statement
,
stay
,
strain
,
striptease
,
suspension
,
tailpiece
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
turn
,
tutti
,
tutti passage
,
vacation
,
variation
,
verse
put upon
collapse
related words >
abashed
,
administer
,
afflicted
,
agitated
,
apply
,
barge in
,
beset
,
bestow
,
bothered
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burden with
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
cast down
,
chagrined
,
chapfallen
,
charge
,
charge in
,
come between
,
confused
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deceive
,
demand
,
discomfited
,
discomforted
,
discomposed
,
disconcerted
,
disquieted
,
distressed
,
disturbed
,
dose
,
dose with
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
embarrassed
,
encroach
,
enforce upon
,
enjoin
,
entrench
,
exact
,
fasten upon
,
foist in
,
foist on
,
force
,
force upon
,
freight with
,
give
,
horn in
,
hung up
,
ill at ease
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lay
,
lay on
,
levy
,
mete out to
,
mortified
,
obtrude
,
out of countenance
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
perturbed
,
place
,
play on
,
prescribe for
,
press in
,
presume upon
,
push in
,
put
,
put across
,
put down
,
put on
,
put over
,
put-out
,
rush in
,
saddle with
,
set
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
subject to
,
take advantage of
,
task
,
tax
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
troubled
,
uncomfortable
,
uneasy
,
upset
,
weight down with
,
work in
,
work on
,
worm in
,
yoke with
suppurate
collapse
cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
related words >
break up
,
canker
,
corrupt
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
gangrene
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
matter
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
ripen
,
rot
,
run
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
weep
negate
collapse
prove negative; show to be false
related words >
abate
,
abnegate
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
agree to disagree
,
annihilate
,
annul
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be contrary to
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beg off
,
belie
,
blow sky-high
,
blow up
,
break
,
break off
,
bring to naught
,
bring to nothing
,
buffer
,
call into question
,
cancel
,
cancel out
,
challenge
,
clash
,
collide
,
come to nothing
,
conflict
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterbalance
,
countercheck
,
cross
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
deflate
,
deny
,
differ
,
disaccord
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disallow
,
disbelieve
,
disclaim
,
disconfirm
,
discredit
,
disprove
,
dissent
,
explode
,
expose
,
frustrate
,
gag on
,
gainsay
,
hold out against
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jostle
,
misbelieve
,
mismatch
,
mismate
,
negativate
,
negative
,
neutralize
,
not admit
,
not believe
,
not buy
,
not consent
,
not hear of
,
not swallow
,
not think of
,
nullify
,
object
,
offset
,
oppugn
,
prove the contrary
,
puncture
,
quash
,
rebut
,
redress
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to credit
,
reject
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
revoke
,
say nay
,
say no
,
shake the head
,
show up
,
stand aloof
,
stultify
,
thwart
,
traverse
,
turn down
,
unbelieve
,
undercut
,
undo
,
vary
,
vitiate
,
void
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
blooper
collapse
related words >
bloomer
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
boob stunt
,
boot
,
break
,
bull
,
bungle
,
dumb trick
,
faux
,
fluff
,
fool mistake
,
foozle
,
foul-up
,
gaffe
,
goof
,
howler
,
impropriety
,
indecorum
,
lapse
,
louse-up
,
mistake
,
muck-up
,
pratfall
,
screamer
,
screw-up
,
slip
,
solecism
,
trip
lay the foundation
collapse
related words >
base
,
blaze the trail
,
break the ice
,
build
,
build in
,
clear the way
,
cultivate the soil
,
establish
,
fix
,
found
,
go in advance
,
ground
,
install
,
invest
,
lay the groundwork
,
open the way
,
pave the way
,
pitch
,
plant
,
prepare the way
,
put in
,
put up
,
seat
,
set
,
set up
,
sow the seed
,
vest
topple
collapse
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
related words >
ataxia
,
bite the dust
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
break up
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
capsize
,
careen
,
cast down
,
cave in
,
chaos
,
chop down
,
clutter
,
collapse
,
come a cropper
,
crumble
,
crumble to dust
,
culbuter
,
cut down
,
dash down
,
deck
,
defeat
,
disarray
,
disintegrate
,
disorder
,
down
,
drop
,
fall
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall headlong
,
fall in
,
fall over
,
fall prostrate
,
fall to pieces
,
falter
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
floor
,
flounder
,
founder
,
get a cropper
,
go down
,
go to pieces
,
ground
,
hew down
,
huddle
,
keel over
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
level
,
list
,
lurch
,
mow down
,
muddle
,
oust
,
overcome
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
pitch
,
plunge
,
precipitate
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
send headlong
,
slump
,
snarl
,
sprawl
,
spread-eagle
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
stumble
,
subvert
,
supinate
,
sway
,
take a fall
,
take a flop
,
take a header
,
take a pratfall
,
take a spill
,
take down
,
throw
,
throw down
,
tilt
,
tip over
,
topple down
,
topple over
,
topsy-turvify
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvy
,
totter
,
trip
,
tumble
,
turn a somersault
,
turn over
,
turn topsy-turvy
,
turn turtle
,
turn upside down
,
unhorse
,
unseat
,
upset
,
upturn
,
vanquish
,
whack down
,
wobble
impose upon
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
abuse a privilege
,
barge in
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bother
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burden with
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deceive
,
demand
,
disaccommodate
,
disadvantage
,
discommode
,
disoblige
,
drain
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
encroach upon
,
enjoin
,
entrench
,
exact
,
exploit
,
fasten upon
,
foist in
,
foist on
,
freight with
,
harm
,
horn in
,
ill-use
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
infiltrate
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lay
,
lay on
,
levy
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misuse
,
obtrude
,
obtrude upon
,
overstep
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
place
,
play on
,
press in
,
presume on
,
presume upon
,
push in
,
put
,
put across
,
put down
,
put on
,
put out
,
put over
,
put to inconvenience
,
put to trouble
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
saddle with
,
set
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
stroke
,
subject to
,
suck dry
,
take a liberty
,
take advantage of
,
take liberties
,
task
,
tax
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
trouble
,
use
,
use ill
,
weight down with
,
work in
,
work on
,
work upon
,
worm in
,
yoke with
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
related words >
alien
,
alienate
,
blunt
,
break of
,
bring over
,
chill
,
convince
,
cool
,
cure
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deflect
,
deter
,
disaccustom
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
distract
,
disunify
,
disunite
,
divert
,
evangelize
,
indispose
,
persuade
,
proselyte
,
proselytize
,
put off
,
quench
,
repel
,
stop
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
wean from
,
win over
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"
related words >
abate
,
abeyance
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
anticyclone
,
appease
,
assuage
,
awful silence
,
balm
,
becalm
,
benumb
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
caesura
,
calm
,
calm down
,
calmness
,
cease
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
comma
,
compose
,
cool
,
cradle
,
cushion
,
day off
,
dead
,
dead calm
,
dead of night
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
deathlike calm
,
deathlike silence
,
delay
,
die down
,
diminish
,
doldrums
,
dope
,
dormancy
,
downtime
,
drop
,
drug
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease off
,
ebb
,
enforced respite
,
entrance
,
even out
,
fall
,
fissure
,
flat calm
,
foment
,
gap
,
gentle
,
give relief
,
golden silence
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hibernation
,
holiday
,
horse latitudes
,
hush
,
hush of night
,
hypnotize
,
immobility
,
inaction
,
inactiveness
,
inactivity
,
inaudibility
,
inertia
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
lacuna
,
lapse
,
lay
,
layoff
,
lessen
,
let up
,
letup
,
lucid stillness
,
lull to sleep
,
magnetize
,
mesmerize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
molder
,
mollify
,
motionlessness
,
mum
,
narcotize
,
noiselessness
,
numb
,
off-time
,
oily calm
,
pacify
,
pad
,
palliate
,
pause
,
peace
,
peacefulness
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
put to sleep
,
put under
,
qualify
,
quell
,
quiesce
,
quiescence
,
quiet
,
quiet spell
,
quieten
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
recess
,
reduce
,
relief
,
relieve
,
remission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
salve
,
sedate
,
settle
,
silence
,
silentness
,
slacken
,
slake
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
soften
,
solemn silence
,
soothe
,
soundlessness
,
spell
,
stabilize
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
steady
,
still
,
stillness
,
stop
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
subside
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tacitness
,
taciturnity
,
tea break
,
temper
,
time off
,
time out
,
tomblike silence
,
trance
,
tranquilize
,
tranquillity
,
truce
,
underactivity
,
vacation
,
wane
,
whisht
,
windlessness
shine up to
collapse
related words >
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
approach
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
handshake
,
make advances
,
make court to
,
make up to
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
run after
,
suck up to
suck up to
collapse
related words >
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
approach
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
handshake
,
make advances
,
make court to
,
make up to
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
run after
,
shine up to
be born
collapse
come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
related words >
arise
,
awake
,
awaken
,
be begotten
,
be illegitimate
,
be incarnated
,
become
,
break out
,
burst forth
,
come alive
,
come forth
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come out
,
come to
,
come to be
,
come to life
,
crop up
,
erupt
,
get to be
,
hatch
,
have birth
,
have origin
,
irrupt
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
live again
,
originate
,
quicken
,
reanimate
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
rise
,
rise again
,
see the light
,
spring up
,
take birth
,
take rise
on end
collapse
related words >
ad infinitum
,
again and again
,
at a stretch
,
at attention
,
bolt upright
,
ceaselessly
,
connectedly
,
constantly
,
continually
,
continuously
,
cumulatively
,
cyclically
,
endlessly
,
endways
,
endwise
,
erectly
,
incessantly
,
interminably
,
monotonously
,
on a stretch
,
on and on
,
perennially
,
repetitively
,
right on end
,
round the clock
,
together
,
unbrokenly
,
unceasingly
,
unintermittently
,
uninterruptedly
,
unrelievedly
,
up
,
up on end
,
upright
,
uprightly
,
upstandingly
,
without a break
,
without cease
,
without stopping
forerun
collapse
related words >
announce
,
antecede
,
antedate
,
anticipate
,
be before
,
be early
,
blaze the trail
,
break the trail
,
come before
,
foreglimpse
,
foresee
,
foreshow
,
forestall
,
foretaste
,
get ahead of
,
give notice
,
go before
,
go off half-cocked
,
guide
,
harbinger
,
herald
,
introduce
,
jump the gun
,
lead
,
notify
,
pace
,
pioneer
,
preannounce
,
precede
,
precurse
,
predate
,
preexist
,
preindicate
,
presage
,
proclaim
,
run before
,
usher in
,
win the start
assort
collapse
related words >
alphabetize
,
analyze
,
arrange
,
bolt
,
break down
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
class
,
classify
,
codify
,
collate
,
digest
,
distribute
,
divide
,
file
,
gradate
,
grade
,
group
,
index
,
list
,
methodize
,
order
,
pigeonhole
,
place
,
range
,
rank
,
rate
,
riddle
,
screen
,
separate
,
sieve
,
sift
,
size
,
sort
,
sort out
,
stratify
,
subdivide
,
subordinate
,
systematize
,
tabulate
,
type
tear down
collapse
related words >
annihilate
,
asperse
,
beat down
,
blow down
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
calumniate
,
cast down
,
chop down
,
cut down
,
defame
,
demolish
,
denigrate
,
disassemble
,
dismantle
,
dismount
,
fell
,
flatten
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
level
,
mow down
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
ruin
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
shatter
,
slander
,
slur
,
smash
,
smear
,
steamroller
,
take apart
,
take down
,
throw down
,
unbuild
,
wrack
,
wreck
flip flop
collapse
related words >
about-face
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
backing
,
backsliding
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
break
,
break back
,
change
,
change back
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
cry back
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
fitting
,
flip
,
go back
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
hark back
,
improvement
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
overthrow
,
passage
,
progress
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renewal
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
second thoughts
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning into
,
upheaval
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
volte-face
,
worsening
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
related words >
AWOL
,
Christmas
,
French leave
,
Sunday
,
abeyance
,
abolishment
,
abolition
,
abrogation
,
abscondence
,
absence
,
absence without leave
,
absentation
,
absenteeism
,
absenting
,
annulment
,
break
,
breathing space
,
caesura
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
cease-fire
,
coffee break
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cut
,
day off
,
default
,
defeasance
,
departure
,
disappearance
,
downtime
,
drop
,
escape
,
excused absence
,
fleeing
,
furlough
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hooky
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
invalidation
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
leaving
,
letup
,
liberty
,
lull
,
make holiday
,
nonappearance
,
nonattendance
,
nullification
,
off-time
,
paid holiday
,
paid vacation
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recess
,
relief
,
remission
,
renege
,
repeal
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retraction
,
reversal
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
running away
,
sabbatical
,
sabbatical leave
,
sabbatical year
,
setting aside
,
shore leave
,
sick leave
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
suspension
,
take a holiday
,
take leave
,
time off
,
time out
,
truancy
,
truantism
,
truce
,
unexcused absence
,
vacatur
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
weekend
,
withdrawal
,
write-off
atomize
collapse
break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
spray very finely; "atomize perfume"
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
accelerate
,
activate
,
adduce
,
aerate
,
aerify
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
beat
,
bombard
,
bray
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
carbonate
,
change
,
chlorinate
,
chop logic
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
cleave
,
come apart
,
comminute
,
consume
,
contriturate
,
corrode
,
crack up
,
crash
,
cross-bombard
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut to pieces
,
decay
,
decompose
,
demolish
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
diffuse
,
disassemble
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
dismantle
,
disorganize
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
dissolve
,
distill
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
document
,
dynamite
,
emit
,
enter into detail
,
erode
,
etherify
,
etherize
,
evaporate
,
exhale
,
fall to pieces
,
fission
,
flour
,
fluidize
,
fractionate
,
fragment
,
fume
,
fumigate
,
gasify
,
give full particulars
,
give off
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
hydrogenate
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
instance
,
itemize
,
levigate
,
make a distinction
,
make mincemeat of
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mash
,
mill
,
mince
,
modify
,
molder
,
nucleize
,
oxygenate
,
particularize
,
perfume
,
personalize
,
pestle
,
pick to pieces
,
pound
,
powder
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to rubble
,
reek
,
refine a distinction
,
rend
,
rub out
,
ruin
,
scatter
,
scrunch
,
segregate
,
send out
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
shred
,
smash
,
smash the atom
,
smash up
,
smoke
,
specialize
,
specify
,
spell out
,
splinter
,
split
,
split hairs
,
spray
,
squash
,
squish
,
steam
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
substantiate
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear down
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
triturate
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
vaporize
,
vary
,
volatilize
,
waste away
,
wear away
,
wrack up
,
wreck
clear the decks
collapse
related words >
abstract
,
arrange
,
ballast
,
blow
,
blow out
,
break bulk
,
break out ballast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
chuck
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear for action
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
clear up
,
consider every angle
,
cure
,
cut out
,
defecate
,
deplete
,
deploy
,
deport
,
dispose of
,
drain
,
dress
,
eject
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
empty
,
empty out
,
eradicate
,
evacuate
,
exhaust
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
fix
,
fix up
,
forearm
,
get quit of
,
get ready
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
groom
,
guard against
,
hedge
,
leave out nothing
,
liquidate
,
make arrangements
,
make preparations
,
make ready
,
make sure
,
make sure against
,
marshal
,
mobilize
,
neaten
,
outlaw
,
overlook no possibility
,
pick out
,
plan
,
play safe
,
police
,
police up
,
prearrange
,
prep
,
prepare
,
prepare for
,
pretreat
,
process
,
provide
,
provide a hedge
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
purge
,
put in shape
,
put in trim
,
ready
,
ready up
,
reef down
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
scour out
,
settle preliminaries
,
shift ballast
,
shoot ballast
,
shorten sail
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
straighten up
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
sweep out
,
take measures
,
take precautions
,
take steps
,
tan
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
treat
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim ship
,
trim up
,
try out
,
unclog
,
unfoul
,
vent
,
void
,
weed out
,
wing out ballast
unburden
collapse
take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
free or relieve (someone) of a burden
related words >
alleviate
,
be light
,
break bulk
,
clear
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
dump
,
ease
,
have little weight
,
kick the beam
,
lighten
,
lose
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
off-load
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
rid
,
set at ease
,
shake off
,
throw off
,
unballast
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unload
,
unpack
,
unship
,
weigh lightly
fragment
collapse
an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
related words >
abrade
,
ace
,
ana
,
analects
,
anthology
,
atom
,
atomize
,
beat
,
bit
,
bray
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
burst
,
butt
,
chip
,
chunk
,
cleave
,
clip
,
clipping
,
clippings
,
collectanea
,
collection
,
collop
,
come apart
,
comminute
,
contriturate
,
crash
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut
,
cut to pieces
,
cutting
,
cuttings
,
dab
,
debris
,
demolish
,
diffuse
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
dole
,
dollop
,
dot
,
dram
,
dribble
,
driblet
,
dwarf
,
end
,
excerpta
,
excerpts
,
explode
,
extracts
,
farthing
,
fission
,
fleck
,
florilegium
,
flour
,
flowers
,
flyspeck
,
fragments
,
gleanings
,
go to pieces
,
gob
,
gobbet
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granule
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
groat
,
hair
,
handful
,
hunk
,
iota
,
jot
,
levigate
,
little
,
little bit
,
lota
,
lump
,
make mincemeat of
,
mash
,
mill
,
mince
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minutiae
,
miscellanea
,
miscellany
,
mite
,
modicum
,
moiety
,
molecule
,
morsel
,
mote
,
nutshell
,
ounce
,
paring
,
part
,
particle
,
pash
,
pebble
,
pestle
,
pick to pieces
,
piece
,
pinch
,
pittance
,
point
,
portion
,
pound
,
powder
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
rasher
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to rubble
,
remnant
,
rend
,
rive
,
scatter
,
scoop
,
scrap
,
scrunch
,
scruple
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shaving
,
shiver
,
shred
,
slice
,
sliver
,
smash
,
smash up
,
smatter
,
smidgen
,
smitch
,
smithereen
,
smithereens
,
snack
,
snatch
,
snip
,
snippet
,
speck
,
splinter
,
split
,
split up
,
spoonful
,
spot
,
squash
,
squish
,
stitch
,
stump
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tatter
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
thimbleful
,
tiny bit
,
tittle
,
total
,
trifling amount
,
triturate
,
trivia
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
whit
,
wrack up
,
wreck
wrack up
collapse
related words >
atomize
,
break to pieces
,
cleave
,
demolish
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
fragment
,
make mincemeat of
,
pick to pieces
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
shatter
,
smash
,
split
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
wreck
eruct
collapse
related words >
belch
,
blow open
,
blow out
,
break out
,
burp
,
burst forth
,
burst out
,
cast forth
,
debouch
,
decant
,
discharge
,
disembogue
,
disgorge
,
ejaculate
,
eject
,
eructate
,
erupt
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
extravasate
,
hiccup
,
hurl forth
,
irrupt
,
jet
,
outpour
,
pour
,
pour forth
,
pour out
,
send forth
,
send out
,
spew
,
spout
,
spurt
,
squirt
,
throw out
,
vomit
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