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bugbear collapse: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

lemon collapse: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory; a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons; yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh; a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

infatuation collapse: an object of extravagant short-lived passion; foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

billow collapse: a large sea wave; rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"; rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"; move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"

illness collapse: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

distract collapse: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

infatuate collapse: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

vex collapse: subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"

washout collapse: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"; the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

germ collapse: a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

fly in the ointment collapse: an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

importune collapse: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"

hear collapse: receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"; perceive (sound) via the auditory sense; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

larva collapse: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

frost collapse: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); the formation of frost or ice on a surface; ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside); damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"; cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"; provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"; decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"

addict collapse: someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms; someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"; to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

microbe collapse: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

zealot collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans

peep collapse: appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"; speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice; make high-pitched sounds; of birds; cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"; look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"

poison collapse: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"; any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism; administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"; add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"; kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"; kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"; spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"

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