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parenthesis collapse: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

discontinuance collapse: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

injured collapse: usually used of physical or mental injury to persons; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

slashed collapse: having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"; patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

sexual intercourse collapse: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

jagged collapse: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

spotty collapse: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

ripple collapse: a small wave on the surface of a liquid; (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value; stir up (water) so as to form ripples; flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"

fornication collapse: voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other

respiration collapse: the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs; a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"

incompleteness collapse: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"

union collapse: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"; a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner); the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"; a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"; an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"; a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"; the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"; healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones; the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"; being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"; of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"

iron lung collapse: respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration

worsened collapse: made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations"

appanage collapse: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"; any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

incoherent collapse: unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"; without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

printed circuit collapse: computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered

bed collapse: a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"; a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"; a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"; the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.; a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"; (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"; put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"; place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil; furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

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