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dehumidify collapse: make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer"

overabundance collapse: a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"

rent collapse: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"; a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property; let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"; hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

tributary collapse: paying tribute; "a tributary colony"; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

sniff out collapse: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "H can smell out trouble"

chafe collapse: soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"; warm by rubbing, as with the hands; tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"; feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"; become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

ignite collapse: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

interrogate collapse: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"; transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

puncture collapse: the act of puncturing or perforating; a small hole made by a sharp object; loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object; be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"; cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon"; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"; make by piercing; "puncture a hole"

craze collapse: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface; state of violent mental agitation; develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"

brutalize collapse: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling; make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"; treat brutally

blister collapse: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid; get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"; cause blisters to from on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"; subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"

euchre collapse: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

wound collapse: the act of inflicting a wound; a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat; a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost; any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision; put in a coil

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