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vignette collapse: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books); a photograph whose edges shade off gradually

gas chamber collapse: instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

deterrent collapse: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"

conversion collapse: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life; a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown; the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another; act of exchanging one type of money or security for another; a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"; interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition; a change of religion; "his conversion to the Catholic faith"; an event that results in a transformation; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

delirium collapse: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

walk of life collapse: careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"

disorientation collapse: confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was the result of inattention"; a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)

parse collapse: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

elsewhere collapse: in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

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

hall collapse: a large building for meetings or entertainment; a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"; a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"; United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907); United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871); United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914); United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924); English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

condominium collapse: housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned; one of the dwelling units in a condominium

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

sublimation collapse: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

guillotine collapse: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people; kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

pensiveness collapse: deep serious thoughtfulness; persistent morbid meditation on a problem

stopper collapse: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"; close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"

Walter Mitty collapse: fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs

tectonics collapse: the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

molecule collapse: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

chock collapse: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object; as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"; support on chocks; "chock the boat"; secure with chocks

structural collapse: concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study; affecting or involved in structure or construction; "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage"; relating to or having or characterized by structure; "structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural simplicity"; relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure; "structural unemployment in a technological society"

cliff dwelling collapse: a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States"

White House collapse: the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States; the chief executive department of the United States government

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