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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

estate collapse: a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights; extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"; everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

exploration collapse: to travel for the purpose of discovery; a careful systematic search; a systematic consideration; "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences"

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)

imprisonment collapse: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

anterior collapse: earlier in time; of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

singleton collapse: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt; a set containing a single member; a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

antiseptic collapse: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues; (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"; clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"; thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"; made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments"; freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"

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

freeloader collapse: someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

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

coroner collapse: a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

crib collapse: the cards discarded by players at cribbage; baby bed with high sides made of slats; a bin or granary for storing grains; line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"; take unauthorized (intellectual material); use a crib, as in an exam

blockhouse collapse: a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire

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"

captivity collapse: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

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