Related Words:
- backwater
collapse - any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
- a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos" related words >
- Charybdis,
- Maelstrom,
- abjure,
- arrest,
- back,
- back away,
- back down,
- back off,
- back out,
- back stream,
- back up,
- backcountry,
- backflow,
- backpedal,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backwash,
- backwoods,
- boondocks,
- brake,
- bush,
- check,
- climb down,
- clip the wings,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- countermarch,
- crawfish out,
- cry off,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- deny,
- detain,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disown,
- dodge,
- draw rein,
- duck,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- eddy,
- elude,
- evade,
- forswear,
- get around,
- go astern,
- go into reverse,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- hinterland,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- keep back,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- maelstrom,
- make sternway,
- moderate,
- obstruct,
- recant,
- reef,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- rein in,
- relax,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- resile,
- retard,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- set back,
- shirk,
- sidestep,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- stay,
- sticks,
- swallow,
- swirl,
- take back,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- twirl,
- unsay,
- up-country,
- vortex,
- welsh,
- whirl,
- whirlpool,
- withdraw
- set back
collapse
- slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"
- cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" related words >
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- bridle,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- dent,
- depress,
- detain,
- dimple,
- dint,
- dompt,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- engrave,
- enjoin,
- govern,
- guard,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- impede,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- lay under restraint,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- meddle,
- mire,
- moderate,
- notch,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- press in,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- punch,
- punch in,
- recess,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- scotch,
- set in,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snub,
- stamp,
- stay,
- straiten,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- tamp,
- throttle down,
- withhold
- abasement,
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- blunting,
- buffet,
- calming,
- check,
- comedown,
- cruel disappointment,
- damping,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deadening,
- debasement,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- descent,
- detention,
- diminution,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- drag,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dump,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- embarrassment,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hangdog look,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- hushing,
- lag,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mortification,
- obstruction,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- put-down,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sore disappointment,
- subduement,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- tempering,
- tranquilization
- abandon,
- adjourn,
- bolt,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- cart away,
- conserve,
- continue,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cull out,
- defer,
- delay,
- delocalize,
- dislodge,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- divide,
- drag out,
- drop the subject,
- extend,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold back,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- husband,
- insulate,
- isolate,
- keep,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- keep back,
- keep by one,
- keep in reserve,
- keep in store,
- keep on hand,
- lay aside,
- lay away,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- manhandle,
- move,
- pick out,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- preserve,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- push aside,
- put apart,
- put away,
- put by,
- put in mothballs,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- quarantine,
- recess,
- relocate,
- remove,
- reserve,
- retain,
- riddle,
- save,
- save up,
- screen,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- send,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrug off,
- shunt,
- side,
- sideline,
- sieve,
- sift,
- sleep on,
- sneeze at,
- sort out,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- store,
- stow,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- table the motion,
- take a recess,
- take away,
- think nothing of,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- waive,
- winnow,
- withhold
- always,
- amain,
- apace,
- at all times,
- at flank speed,
- at full speed,
- at once,
- briskly,
- ceaselessly,
- constantly,
- continually,
- daily,
- daily and hourly,
- day after day,
- day and night,
- double-quick,
- ever,
- ever and anon,
- every day,
- every hour,
- every moment,
- expeditiously,
- fast,
- flat-out,
- full tilt,
- hand over fist,
- hand over hand,
- hastily,
- hell for leather,
- hell-bent,
- hell-bent for election,
- hour after hour,
- hourly,
- in a flash,
- in a jiffy,
- in a moment,
- in a trice,
- in a wink,
- in double time,
- in double-quick time,
- in high,
- in high gear,
- in seven-league boots,
- incessantly,
- instantaneously,
- instanter,
- instantly,
- lickety-cut,
- lickety-split,
- like a shot,
- like blazes,
- like greased lightning,
- like mad,
- like one possessed,
- month after month,
- night and day,
- on and on,
- on the double,
- perennially,
- perpetually,
- post,
- posthaste,
- promptly,
- quick,
- quickly,
- regularly,
- right along,
- right away,
- snappily,
- speedily,
- steadily,
- sustainedly,
- swiftly,
- trippingly,
- unceasingly,
- under forced draft,
- unintermittently,
- uninterruptedly,
- unvaryingly,
- whip and spur,
- with all haste,
- with giant strides,
- with rapid strides,
- with speed,
- without cease,
- without delay,
- without letup,
- without stopping,
- year after year
- apprehend,
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- block,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- box up,
- brake,
- bust,
- buttonhole,
- cage,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- cloister,
- confine,
- constrain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- crib,
- curb,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- encage,
- enclose,
- fence in,
- hang up,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep out,
- lag,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- meddle,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mire,
- moderate,
- nab,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- pen,
- pen up,
- pick up,
- pinch,
- pound,
- pull in,
- rail in,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- reserve,
- resist,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retain,
- retard,
- run in,
- scotch,
- seal up,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snub,
- stay,
- stop,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- wall in,
- withhold
- fixation
collapse
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position related words >
- Freudian fixation,
- anchorage,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrested development,
- arrestment,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- colonization,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- confirmation,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- craze,
- deep-rootedness,
- deep-seatedness,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- embedment,
- entrenchment,
- establishment,
- fascination,
- father fixation,
- fetish,
- fixed idea,
- fixedness,
- fixity,
- fixture,
- foot-dragging,
- foundation,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hypercathexis,
- idee fixe,
- immobility,
- impediment,
- implantation,
- inaction,
- inactivity,
- inauguration,
- infantile fixation,
- infatuation,
- infixion,
- inhibition,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- interference,
- interruption,
- investiture,
- inveteracy,
- irresistible impulse,
- kick,
- let,
- libido fixation,
- lodgment,
- mania,
- monomania,
- mooring,
- morbid drive,
- mother fixation,
- motionlessness,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- parent fixation,
- peopling,
- plantation,
- population,
- possession,
- pregenital fixation,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- regression,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat to immaturity,
- ruling passion,
- setback,
- settlement,
- settling,
- squeeze,
- stabilization,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- thing,
- tic
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