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militant
collapse
a militant reformer
disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
related words >
active
,
activist
,
activistic
,
aggressive
,
aggressor
,
alive
,
animated
,
antagonistic
,
assertive
,
at war
,
ball of fire
,
battler
,
battling
,
beaver
,
bellicose
,
belligerent
,
belted knight
,
bickerer
,
big-time operator
,
blade
,
bloodthirsty
,
bloody
,
bloody-minded
,
bouncing
,
bouncy
,
bravo
,
brawler
,
breezy
,
brisk
,
bubbly
,
bully
,
bullyboy
,
bustler
,
busy bee
,
chauvinist
,
chauvinistic
,
chipper
,
combatant
,
combative
,
competitor
,
contender
,
contentious
,
contestant
,
disputant
,
doer
,
duelist
,
eager beaver
,
ebullient
,
effervescent
,
embattled
,
enemy
,
energetic
,
enforcer
,
enthusiast
,
fencer
,
ferocious
,
feuder
,
fierce
,
fighter
,
fighting
,
fighting cock
,
foilsman
,
frisky
,
full of fight
,
full of go
,
full of life
,
full of pep
,
gamecock
,
gladiator
,
go-getter
,
goon
,
gorilla
,
hatchet man
,
hawkish
,
hood
,
hoodlum
,
hooligan
,
hostile
,
human dynamo
,
hustler
,
inimical
,
jingo
,
jingoish
,
jingoist
,
jingoistic
,
jouster
,
knight
,
live
,
live wire
,
lively
,
man of action
,
man of deeds
,
martial
,
mercurial
,
militaristic
,
military
,
new broom
,
offensive
,
operator
,
peppy
,
perky
,
pert
,
plug-ugly
,
political activist
,
powerhouse
,
pugnacious
,
pushful
,
pushing
,
pushy
,
quarreler
,
quarrelsome
,
quicksilver
,
rioter
,
rival
,
rough
,
rowdy
,
ruffian
,
saber-rattling
,
sabreur
,
sanguinary
,
sanguineous
,
savage
,
scrapper
,
scrappy
,
scuffler
,
self-assertive
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
soldier
,
soldierlike
,
soldierly
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
squabbler
,
strong arm
,
strong-arm man
,
strong-armer
,
struggler
,
swashbuckler
,
sword
,
swordplayer
,
swordsman
,
take-charge guy
,
thug
,
tilter
,
tough
,
trigger-happy
,
truculent
,
tussler
,
unfriendly
,
unpacific
,
unpeaceable
,
unpeaceful
,
up in arms
,
vivacious
,
warlike
,
warmongering
,
warring
,
warrior
,
wheeler-dealer
,
winner
,
wrangler
,
zingy
vagary
collapse
an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"
related words >
aberration
,
bee
,
boutade
,
brainstorm
,
capriccio
,
caprice
,
circuitousness
,
conceit
,
crank
,
craze
,
crazy idea
,
crosswiseness
,
crotchet
,
daydream
,
declination
,
deflection
,
deflexure
,
deviance
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
diagonality
,
digression
,
divagation
,
divergence
,
dream
,
excursion
,
fad
,
fancy
,
fantastic notion
,
fantasy
,
flimflam
,
fool notion
,
freak
,
freakish inspiration
,
harebrained idea
,
humor
,
indirection
,
indirectness
,
kink
,
maggot
,
megrim
,
nonconformity
,
notion
,
obliqueness
,
obliquity
,
passing fancy
,
quirk
,
skewness
,
squint
,
toy
,
transverseness
,
whim
,
whim-wham
,
whimsy
overworked
collapse
related words >
arabesque
,
baroque
,
busy
,
chichi
,
commonplace
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
fancy
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
florid
,
flowery
,
frilly
,
fussy
,
hackneyed
,
high-wrought
,
labored
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
moresque
,
ornate
,
ostentatious
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overwrought
,
picturesque
,
platitudinous
,
pretty-pretty
,
rich
,
rococo
,
stereotyped
,
trite
,
truistic
plug away
collapse
work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"
related words >
carry on
,
dig
,
drudge
,
fag
,
grind
,
grub
,
hammer
,
hammer away
,
keep at it
,
keep busy
,
keep doggedly at
,
keep driving
,
keep going
,
keep moving
,
keep on
,
moil
,
peg
,
peg away
,
plod
,
plug
,
plug along
,
plug at
,
pound away
,
slog
,
slog away
,
toil
,
travail
,
wade through
,
work away
keep going
collapse
related words >
abide
,
bide
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
continue
,
drag on
,
endure
,
extend
,
go along
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold steady
,
jog on
,
keep
,
keep alive
,
keep at
,
keep at it
,
keep busy
,
keep driving
,
keep moving
,
keep on
,
keep trying
,
keep up
,
last
,
lengthen
,
linger
,
maintain
,
never cease
,
not accept compromise
,
peg away
,
perpetuate
,
persevere
,
persist
,
plug away
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
protract
,
remain
,
retain
,
run on
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stay
,
stay on
,
sustain
,
tarry
get cracking
collapse
start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"
related words >
attack
,
dive into
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get going
,
get with it
,
go to it
,
hop to it
,
hotfoot
,
hump
,
hump it
,
jump to it
,
launch into
,
light into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set to
,
set to work
,
shag ass
,
shake it up
,
snap to it
,
start in
,
step on it
,
tackle
,
take on
,
tear ass
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
hop to it
collapse
related words >
attack
,
dive into
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
go to it
,
hotfoot
,
hump
,
hump it
,
jump to it
,
launch into
,
light into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set to
,
set to work
,
shag ass
,
shake it up
,
snap to it
,
start in
,
step on it
,
tackle
,
take on
,
tear ass
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
pushing
collapse
related words >
adventuresome
,
adventurous
,
aggressive
,
ambitious
,
assertive
,
brash
,
busy
,
busybody
,
driving
,
dynamic
,
enterprising
,
forceful
,
forward
,
go-ahead
,
hustling
,
impertinent
,
inquisitive
,
meddlesome
,
meddling
,
militant
,
motive
,
nosy
,
officious
,
overweening
,
presuming
,
presumptuous
,
propellant
,
propelling
,
propulsive
,
propulsory
,
prying
,
pulsive
,
pushful
,
pushy
,
self-appointed
,
self-asserting
,
self-assertive
,
shoving
,
snoopy
,
up-and-coming
,
uppish
,
uppity
,
venturesome
,
venturous
prepossess
collapse
make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
possess beforehand
related words >
absorb
,
adopt
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
bend
,
bias
,
busy
,
colonize
,
conquer
,
distort
,
engage
,
engross
,
enslave
,
hog
,
imbue
,
immerse
,
indent
,
influence
,
involve
,
jaundice
,
jump a claim
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
monopolize
,
occupy
,
overrun
,
preempt
,
preengage
,
prejudice
,
prejudice against
,
prejudice the issue
,
preoccupy
,
requisition
,
sit on
,
soak
,
squat on
,
subjugate
,
sway
,
take all of
,
take it all
,
take over
,
take possession of
,
take up
,
twist
,
usurp
,
warp
whim
collapse
related words >
apparition
,
bee
,
boutade
,
brainchild
,
brainstorm
,
bubble
,
capriccio
,
caprice
,
chimera
,
conceit
,
crank
,
craze
,
crazy idea
,
crotchet
,
delirium
,
disposition
,
dream
,
eidolon
,
fad
,
fancy
,
fantasque
,
fantastic notion
,
fantasy
,
fiction
,
figment
,
flimflam
,
fool notion
,
freak
,
freakish inspiration
,
hallucination
,
harebrained idea
,
humor
,
idea
,
idle fancy
,
illusion
,
imagery
,
imagination
,
imagining
,
inclination
,
insubstantial image
,
invention
,
kink
,
maggot
,
make-believe
,
megrim
,
myth
,
notion
,
passing fancy
,
phantasm
,
phantom
,
quirk
,
romance
,
sick fancy
,
thick-coming fancies
,
thought
,
toy
,
trip
,
vagary
,
vapor
,
vision
,
whim-wham
,
whimsy
,
wildest dreams
get with it
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act upon
,
attack
,
bear a hand
,
dive into
,
do something
,
do something about
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
go
,
go to it
,
hop to it
,
jump to it
,
launch into
,
lift a finger
,
light into
,
maneuver
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed
,
proceed with
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start in
,
strike a blow
,
tackle
,
take a hand
,
take action
,
take measures
,
take on
,
take steps
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
phonetics
collapse
the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
related words >
ablaut
,
acoustic phonetics
,
articulatory phonetics
,
audiometer
,
auriscope
,
auriscopy
,
betacism
,
bowwow theory
,
cacography
,
comparative linguistics
,
derivation
,
descriptive linguistics
,
dialectology
,
dingdong theory
,
etymology
,
glossematics
,
glossology
,
glottochronology
,
glottology
,
gradation
,
grammar
,
graphemics
,
historical linguistics
,
language study
,
lexicology
,
lexicostatistics
,
linguistic geography
,
linguistic science
,
linguistics
,
mathematical linguistics
,
morphology
,
morphophonemics
,
mutation
,
orthoepy
,
orthography
,
otography
,
otolaryngology
,
otology
,
otoneurology
,
otopathy
,
otoplasty
,
otoscope
,
otoscopy
,
paleography
,
philology
,
phonetic spelling
,
phonography
,
phonology
,
psycholinguistics
,
rhotacism
,
semantics
,
sociolinguistics
,
sound shift
,
spelldown
,
spelling
,
spelling bee
,
spelling match
,
spelling reform
,
structuralism
,
syntactics
,
transformational linguistics
,
umlaut
launch into
collapse
related words >
accept
,
assume
,
attack
,
attempt
,
buckle to
,
dive into
,
embark in
,
embark upon
,
endeavor
,
engage in
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall into
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get under way
,
get with it
,
go about
,
go at
,
go in for
,
go into
,
go to it
,
go upon
,
have at
,
hop to it
,
jump to it
,
launch forth
,
lay about
,
light into
,
move into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed to
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set forward
,
set going
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start in
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take up
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
venture upon
,
wade into
ornate
collapse
related words >
adorned
,
arabesque
,
aureate
,
baroque
,
befrilled
,
busy
,
chichi
,
colored
,
decorated
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
embellished
,
embroidered
,
fancy
,
festooned
,
figurative
,
figured
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
florid
,
flowery
,
frilly
,
fussy
,
gilded
,
high-wrought
,
labored
,
luscious
,
lush
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
moresque
,
opulent
,
ostentatious
,
overcharged
,
overdone
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overloaded
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
picturesque
,
pretty-pretty
,
purple
,
resplendent
,
rich
,
rococo
,
sumptuous
inquisitive
collapse
showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"
related words >
agape
,
agog
,
all agog
,
analytical
,
burning with curiosity
,
busy
,
busybody
,
consumed with curiosity
,
curious
,
exploring
,
forward
,
ghoulish
,
gossipy
,
impertinent
,
inquiring
,
inquisitorial
,
interested
,
intrusive
,
investigative
,
itchy
,
meddlesome
,
meddling
,
morbid
,
morbidly curious
,
nosy
,
officious
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
overcurious
,
presumptuous
,
probing
,
prurient
,
prying
,
pushing
,
pushy
,
questioning
,
quizzical
,
scopophiliac
,
searching
,
self-appointed
,
snooping
,
snoopy
,
supercurious
,
voyeuristic
fag
collapse
act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
related words >
auntie
,
beast of burden
,
beat
,
bi-guy
,
bisexual
,
bugger
,
bull dyke
,
burden
,
burn out
,
busy
,
butch
,
butt
,
carton of cigarettes
,
catamite
,
chicken
,
cig
,
cigarette
,
cigarette butt
,
cigarette case
,
debilitate
,
deck of cigarettes
,
dig
,
dirty work
,
do in
,
do up
,
donkeywork
,
drive
,
drudge
,
drudgery
,
dyke
,
employment
,
enervate
,
exhaust
,
fag out
,
faggot
,
fairy
,
fatigue
,
femme
,
flag
,
flit
,
frazzle
,
fricatrice
,
fruit
,
galley slave
,
greasy grind
,
grind
,
grub
,
gunsel
,
hack
,
hammer
,
hammer away
,
handiwork
,
handwork
,
harass
,
homo
,
homophile
,
homosexual
,
homosexualist
,
industry
,
invert
,
jade
,
keep busy
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
labor
,
lesbian
,
lick
,
lick of work
,
manual labor
,
moil
,
nance
,
oppress
,
outwear
,
overdrive
,
overfatigue
,
overstrain
,
overtask
,
overtax
,
overtire
,
overweary
,
overwork
,
pansy
,
pathic
,
peg
,
peg away
,
plod
,
plodder
,
plug
,
plug along
,
plug away
,
poop
,
poop out
,
pound away
,
prostrate
,
punk
,
queen
,
queer
,
rat race
,
sapphist
,
scut work
,
slave
,
slavery
,
slog
,
slogger
,
smoke
,
snipe
,
spadework
,
stroke
,
stroke of work
,
stub
,
sweat
,
swot
,
task
,
tax
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tiresome work
,
toil
,
travail
,
treadmill
,
tribade
,
tucker
,
use up
,
wade through
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
,
work
,
work away
,
workhorse
frilly
collapse
related words >
arabesque
,
baroque
,
brave
,
bravura
,
braw
,
busy
,
chichi
,
daring
,
dashing
,
dressy
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
exhibitionistic
,
fancy
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
flashing
,
flashy
,
flaunting
,
florid
,
flowery
,
frothy
,
fussy
,
gallant
,
gay
,
glittering
,
high-wrought
,
jaunty
,
jazzy
,
labored
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
moresque
,
ornate
,
ostentatious
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
picturesque
,
pretty-pretty
,
rakish
,
rich
,
rococo
,
showy
,
snazzy
,
splashy
,
splurgy
,
sporty
enter upon
collapse
take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
related words >
accept
,
assume
,
attack
,
attempt
,
buckle to
,
come out
,
dive into
,
embark in
,
embark on
,
embark upon
,
endeavor
,
engage in
,
enter
,
enter on
,
fall into
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get under way
,
get with it
,
go about
,
go at
,
go in for
,
go into
,
go to it
,
go upon
,
have at
,
hop to it
,
jump to it
,
launch forth
,
launch into
,
lay about
,
light into
,
move into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed to
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set forward
,
set going
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start in
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take up
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
venture upon
,
wade into
humming
collapse
the act of singing with closed lips
related words >
bel canto
,
birring
,
bombilation
,
bombinating
,
bombination
,
booming
,
bravura
,
burring
,
busy
,
buzzing
,
choral singing
,
coloratura
,
croon
,
crooning
,
droning
,
folk singing
,
fussy
,
hopping
,
hum
,
hustling
,
intonation
,
lively
,
low rumbling
,
lyricism
,
operatic singing
,
popping
,
purring
,
scat
,
scat singing
,
singing
,
sol-fa
,
sol-fa exercise
,
solfeggio
,
solmization
,
song
,
thrumming
,
tonic sol-fa
,
vocal music
,
vocalization
,
warbling
,
whirring
,
whizzing
,
yodel
,
yodeling
oppress
collapse
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
related words >
abuse
,
addict
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
anguish
,
bear hard upon
,
beat down
,
beset
,
break
,
break down
,
bring to tears
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
burden
,
burthen
,
busy
,
cast down
,
castrate
,
charge
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conquer
,
cow
,
crush
,
crush one
,
cumber
,
cut up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
daunt
,
deject
,
depress
,
desolate
,
despotize
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dispirit
,
distress
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
draw tears
,
drive
,
embitter
,
encumber
,
enslave
,
exhaust
,
fag
,
freight
,
go hard with
,
go ill with
,
grieve
,
grind
,
grind down
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
harass
,
harry
,
haunt
,
haunt the memory
,
henpeck
,
hound
,
hunt
,
intimidate
,
inundate
,
keep busy
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
knock down
,
lade
,
lie on
,
load
,
lord it over
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
maltreat
,
molest
,
obsess
,
outrage
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overburden
,
overcome
,
overdrive
,
overload
,
overmaster
,
overpower
,
override
,
overtask
,
overtax
,
overthrow
,
overweight
,
overwhelm
,
overwork
,
persecute
,
press
,
press down
,
press hard upon
,
press heavy on
,
pressure
,
prey on
,
prostrate
,
pursue
,
put down
,
repress
,
rest hard upon
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
sadden
,
saddle
,
sink
,
sorrow
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
sweat
,
task
,
tax
,
terrorize
,
tire
,
torment
,
torture
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread upon
,
trouble
,
try one
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unman
,
victimize
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
wear down
,
wear out
,
wear upon one
,
weary
,
weigh down
,
weigh heavy on
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh on
,
weigh upon
,
weight down
,
work
long distance
collapse
a telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance"
related words >
DDD
,
PBX operator
,
apart
,
asunder
,
at a distance
,
away
,
busy signal
,
buzz
,
call
,
central
,
dial tone
,
direct distance dialing
,
distal
,
distant
,
exotic
,
far
,
far off
,
faraway
,
local call
,
long-distance call
,
long-range
,
mobile call
,
operator
,
person-to-person call
,
phone call
,
remote
,
removed
,
ring
,
separated
,
station-to-station call
,
switchboard operator
,
telephone call
,
telephone operator
,
telephonist
,
toll call
picturesque
collapse
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village"
strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"
related words >
arabesque
,
attractive
,
baroque
,
busy
,
charming
,
chichi
,
colorful
,
delightful
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
fancy
,
fetching
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
florid
,
flowery
,
freehand
,
frilly
,
fussy
,
graphic
,
high-wrought
,
idyllic
,
interesting
,
intriguing
,
labored
,
lovely
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
monochrome
,
moresque
,
original
,
ornate
,
ostentatious
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
painty
,
pastose
,
photographic
,
pictorial
,
picturable
,
pictural
,
pleasing
,
polychrome
,
pretty
,
pretty-pretty
,
quaint
,
realistic
,
rich
,
rococo
,
scenic
,
scenographic
,
scumbled
,
striking
,
unique
,
unusual
,
vivid
on the run
collapse
related words >
amain
,
apace
,
astir
,
at it
,
at once
,
at work
,
busy
,
by forced marches
,
cursorily
,
employed
,
en route
,
engaged
,
expeditiously
,
feverishly
,
full of business
,
furiously
,
hand over fist
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
hastily
,
helter-skelter
,
hotfoot
,
hurriedly
,
hurry-scurry
,
immediately
,
in harness
,
in motion
,
in passing
,
in transit
,
instantly
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the bum
,
on the gad
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the job
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the road
,
on the tramp
,
on the wing
,
pell-mell
,
promptly
,
quickly
,
slapdash
,
speedily
,
superficially
,
swiftly
,
tied up
,
under sail
,
under way
,
with a rush
,
with all haste
,
with dispatch
,
with haste
,
working
dive into
collapse
related words >
attack
,
begin
,
blast away
,
blast off
,
commence
,
dive in
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get to
,
get with it
,
go ahead
,
go off half-cocked
,
go to it
,
head into
,
hop to it
,
jump off
,
jump to it
,
kick off
,
launch into
,
light into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge
,
plunge headlong
,
plunge into
,
rush into
,
sail into
,
send off
,
set about
,
set at
,
set in
,
set out
,
set sail
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start
,
start in
,
start off
,
start out
,
tackle
,
take off
,
take on
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
keep on
collapse
related words >
abide
,
bide
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
defeat time
,
defy time
,
drag on
,
dwell
,
endure
,
exist
,
extend
,
go along
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold steady
,
jog on
,
keep
,
keep at
,
keep at it
,
keep busy
,
keep driving
,
keep going
,
keep moving
,
keep trying
,
keep up
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
linger
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
maintain
,
never cease
,
not accept compromise
,
peg away
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
persevere
,
persist
,
plug away
,
prevail
,
remain
,
run
,
run on
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay on
,
subsist
,
survive
,
sustain
,
tarry
,
tide over
,
wear
,
wear well
wade into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall on
,
fall to
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
go at
,
go for
,
go to it
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop to it
,
jump
,
jump to it
,
land on
,
launch into
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
light into
,
mug
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set on
,
set to
,
set to work
,
set upon
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
tied up
collapse
related words >
absorbed in
,
at it
,
at work
,
bound
,
burdened with debt
,
busy
,
caught up in
,
deep in debt
,
embarrassed
,
employed
,
encumbered
,
engaged
,
enmeshed in
,
entangled in
,
far-gone
,
fettered
,
full of business
,
hampered
,
handcuffed
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
immersed in
,
implicated in
,
in bonds
,
in chains
,
in debt
,
in difficulties
,
in embarrassed circumstances
,
in harness
,
in hock
,
in irons
,
in the hole
,
in the red
,
indebted
,
involved
,
involved in
,
ironbound
,
manacled
,
mortgaged
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the job
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the run
,
plunged in debt
,
shackled
,
strapped
,
submerged in
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tied down
,
tied up in
,
trammeled
,
working
,
wrapped up in
chichi
collapse
someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way
affectedly trendy and fashionable
related words >
affected
,
arabesque
,
baroque
,
brave
,
bravura
,
braw
,
busy
,
dandiacal
,
dandified
,
dandyish
,
daring
,
dashing
,
dressy
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
exhibitionistic
,
fancy
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
flashing
,
flashy
,
flaunting
,
florid
,
flowery
,
foppish
,
frilly
,
frothy
,
fussy
,
gallant
,
gay
,
glittering
,
high-wrought
,
jaunty
,
jazzy
,
la-di-da
,
labored
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
moresque
,
ornate
,
ostentatious
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overnice
,
overrefined
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
peacockish
,
peacocky
,
picturesque
,
precieux
,
pretentious
,
pretty-pretty
,
rakish
,
rich
,
rococo
,
showy
,
snazzy
,
splashy
,
splurgy
,
sporty
,
swank
,
ultrafashionable
,
ultrasmart
,
ultrastylish
baroque
collapse
elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
related words >
Gothic
,
arabesque
,
bizarre
,
brain-born
,
busy
,
chichi
,
deformed
,
dream-built
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
embellished
,
extravagant
,
fanciful
,
fancy
,
fancy-born
,
fancy-built
,
fancy-woven
,
fantasque
,
fantastic
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
florid
,
flowery
,
freak
,
freakish
,
frilly
,
fussy
,
gilt
,
grotesque
,
high-wrought
,
labored
,
luscious
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
maggoty
,
malformed
,
misbegotten
,
misshapen
,
monstrous
,
moresque
,
notional
,
ornamented
,
ornate
,
ostentatious
,
outlandish
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overlabored
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
picturesque
,
preposterous
,
pretty-pretty
,
rich
,
rococo
,
scrolled
,
teratogenic
,
teratoid
,
whimsical
,
wild
pitch in
collapse
eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in"
related words >
attack
,
begin
,
blast away
,
blast off
,
break bread
,
buckle down
,
commence
,
count calories
,
diet
,
dive in
,
dive into
,
eat
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
fare
,
feed
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get to
,
get with it
,
go ahead
,
go to it
,
head into
,
hop to it
,
hunger
,
jump in
,
jump off
,
jump to it
,
kick off
,
launch
,
launch into
,
light into
,
partake
,
partake of
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
relish
,
sail into
,
savor
,
send off
,
set about
,
set at
,
set in
,
set out
,
set sail
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start
,
start in
,
start off
,
start out
,
subscribe
,
tackle
,
take
,
take off
,
take on
,
taste
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
set about
collapse
begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
related words >
accept
,
assume
,
attack
,
attempt
,
begin
,
blast away
,
blast off
,
buckle to
,
commence
,
dive in
,
dive into
,
embark in
,
embark upon
,
endeavor
,
engage in
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall into
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get to
,
get under way
,
get with it
,
go about
,
go ahead
,
go at
,
go in for
,
go into
,
go to it
,
go upon
,
have at
,
head into
,
hop to it
,
jump off
,
jump to it
,
kick off
,
launch forth
,
launch into
,
lay about
,
light into
,
move into
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed to
,
sail into
,
send off
,
set at
,
set forward
,
set going
,
set in
,
set out
,
set sail
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start
,
start in
,
start off
,
start out
,
tackle
,
take off
,
take on
,
take up
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
venture upon
,
wade into
light into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
draw first blood
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall on
,
fall to
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
give a going-over
,
give what-for
,
go at
,
go for
,
go to it
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop to it
,
jump
,
jump to it
,
land on
,
launch into
,
lay about one
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
lay on
,
let have it
,
make war on
,
mug
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set on
,
set to
,
set to work
,
set upon
,
square up
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
crotchet
collapse
a small tool or hooklike implement
related words >
L
,
accidental
,
angle
,
apex
,
bee
,
bend
,
bifurcation
,
bight
,
boutade
,
brainstorm
,
breve
,
cant
,
capriccio
,
caprice
,
chevron
,
coin
,
conceit
,
corner
,
crank
,
craze
,
crazy idea
,
crook
,
deflection
,
demisemiquaver
,
dogleg
,
dominant
,
dominant note
,
double whole note
,
eccentricity
,
eighth note
,
elbow
,
ell
,
enharmonic
,
enharmonic note
,
fad
,
fancy
,
fantastic notion
,
fantasy
,
flat
,
flimflam
,
fool notion
,
fork
,
freak
,
freakish inspiration
,
furcation
,
half note
,
harebrained idea
,
hemidemisemiquaver
,
hook
,
humor
,
inflection
,
kink
,
knee
,
maggot
,
megrim
,
minim
,
musical note
,
natural
,
nook
,
note
,
notion
,
passing fancy
,
patent note
,
point
,
quarter note
,
quaver
,
quirk
,
quoin
,
report
,
responding note
,
semibreve
,
semiquaver
,
shaped note
,
sharp
,
sixteenth note
,
sixty-fourth note
,
spiccato
,
staccato
,
sustained note
,
swerve
,
tercet
,
thirty-second note
,
tone
,
toy
,
triplet
,
twist
,
vagary
,
veer
,
vertex
,
whim
,
whim-wham
,
whimsy
,
whole note
,
zag
,
zig
,
zigzag
pushy
collapse
related words >
adventuresome
,
adventurous
,
aggressive
,
ambitious
,
arrogant
,
assertive
,
audacious
,
bold
,
brash
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
bumptious
,
busy
,
busybody
,
cheeky
,
cocky
,
cold
,
controlled
,
contumelious
,
cool
,
disdainful
,
driving
,
dynamic
,
enterprising
,
familiar
,
firm-minded
,
forceful
,
forward
,
go-ahead
,
hubristic
,
hustling
,
impertinent
,
importunate
,
independent
,
inquisitive
,
insolent
,
insulting
,
loud
,
meddlesome
,
meddling
,
militant
,
nosy
,
obnoxious
,
obtrusive
,
offensive
,
officious
,
overpresumptuous
,
overweening
,
presuming
,
presumptuous
,
procacious
,
prying
,
pushful
,
pushing
,
self-appointed
,
self-asserting
,
self-assertive
,
self-controlled
,
self-expressive
,
self-possessed
,
self-restrained
,
showy
,
snoopy
,
strong-minded
,
strong-willed
,
up-and-coming
,
uppish
,
uppity
,
venturesome
,
venturous
devote
collapse
set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"
related words >
allocate
,
allot
,
apply
,
appoint
,
appropriate
,
assign
,
attempt
,
attend to business
,
beatify
,
bend
,
bestow
,
bless
,
buckle down
,
busy
,
canonize
,
cleanse
,
commit
,
confide
,
consecrate
,
consecrate to
,
consume
,
dedicate
,
dedicate to
,
destinate
,
destine
,
direct
,
donate
,
doom
,
employ
,
endeavor
,
engage
,
enshrine
,
exalt
,
expend
,
fate
,
foredoom
,
give
,
give away
,
give over to
,
give to
,
give up
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
hand out
,
mark
,
mind the store
,
occupy
,
ordain
,
pass
,
pass the time
,
pledge
,
present
,
purify
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put in
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
spend
,
spend the time
,
strive
,
struggle
,
throw
,
try
,
turn
,
use
,
use up
,
utilize
,
vow
,
while
,
while away
,
wile
sail into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
collide
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
draw first blood
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall aboard
,
fall on
,
fall to
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
go at
,
go for
,
go to it
,
harry
,
have at
,
head into
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop to it
,
jump
,
jump to it
,
land on
,
launch into
,
lay about one
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
lay on
,
light into
,
make war on
,
mug
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
ram
,
run broadside on
,
run down
,
run in
,
run into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set on
,
set to
,
set to work
,
set upon
,
square up
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
on the job
collapse
related words >
advertent
,
agile
,
agog
,
alert
,
alive
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
at it
,
at work
,
attentive
,
awake
,
aware
,
bright
,
busy
,
careful
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
diligent
,
earnest
,
employed
,
engaged
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
full of business
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
heedful
,
in harness
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
keen
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
nimble
,
observant
,
observing
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the
,
on the alert
,
on the ball
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the run
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
prompt
,
qui vive
,
quick
,
ready
,
regardful
,
sharp
,
sleepless
,
smart
,
tied up
,
unblinking
,
unnodding
,
unsleeping
,
unwinking
,
wakeful
,
watchful
,
wide-awake
,
working
horsemanship
collapse
skill in handling and riding horses
related words >
ability
,
address
,
adeptness
,
adroitness
,
airmanship
,
animal husbandry
,
animal rearing
,
artfulness
,
artisanship
,
artistry
,
automobiling
,
bee culture
,
beekeeping
,
bicycling
,
biking
,
bravura
,
breeding
,
brilliance
,
busing
,
capability
,
capacity
,
cattle-ranching
,
chicken-farming
,
cleverness
,
command
,
competence
,
control
,
coordination
,
craft
,
craftsmanship
,
cunning
,
cycling
,
dairy-farming
,
deftness
,
dexterity
,
dexterousness
,
dextrousness
,
diplomacy
,
dressage
,
driving
,
efficiency
,
equitation
,
expertise
,
facility
,
finesse
,
gnotobiotics
,
grace
,
grazing
,
grip
,
handiness
,
herding
,
horse training
,
horseback riding
,
ingeniousness
,
ingenuity
,
know-how
,
marksmanship
,
mastership
,
mastery
,
mink-ranching
,
motorcycling
,
motoring
,
pedaling
,
pig-keeping
,
practical ability
,
proficiency
,
prowess
,
quickness
,
readiness
,
resource
,
resourcefulness
,
riding
,
savoir-faire
,
savvy
,
seamanship
,
sheepherding
,
skill
,
skillfulness
,
stock raising
,
stockbreeding
,
style
,
tact
,
tactfulness
,
technical brilliance
,
technical mastery
,
technical skill
,
technique
,
thremmatology
,
timing
,
virtuosity
,
wit
,
wizardry
,
workmanship
,
zootechnics
,
zootechny
immerse
collapse
thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
related words >
absorb
,
absorb the attention
,
arrest
,
asperge
,
asperse
,
baptize
,
bury
,
busy
,
catch
,
charm
,
christen
,
deluge
,
dip
,
douse
,
drown
,
duck
,
dunk
,
enchant
,
engage
,
engage the attention
,
engage the mind
,
engage the thoughts
,
engross
,
engross the mind
,
engross the thoughts
,
engulf
,
enthrall
,
exercise
,
fascinate
,
grab
,
grip
,
hold
,
hold spellbound
,
hold the interest
,
hypnotize
,
immerge
,
inundate
,
involve
,
involve the interest
,
merge
,
mesmerize
,
monopolize
,
obsess
,
occupy
,
occupy the attention
,
overwhelm
,
plunge
,
plunge in water
,
preoccupy
,
saturate
,
sink
,
soak
,
souse
,
spellbind
,
sprinkle
,
submerge
,
submerse
,
take up
,
whelm
presumptuous
collapse
related words >
acceptable
,
adventurous
,
arrogant
,
assuming
,
audacious
,
bold
,
brash
,
brazen
,
bumptious
,
busy
,
busybody
,
cheeky
,
cold
,
complacent
,
confident
,
contumelious
,
cool
,
daredevil
,
daring
,
death-defying
,
disdainful
,
egotistical
,
familiar
,
fire-eating
,
foolhardy
,
forward
,
gay
,
harebrained
,
hubristic
,
immodest
,
impertinent
,
impudent
,
inexcusable
,
inquisitive
,
insolent
,
insulting
,
licentious
,
lofty
,
madbrain
,
madbrained
,
madcap
,
meddlesome
,
meddling
,
nosy
,
obtrusive
,
officious
,
outrageous
,
overconfident
,
overpresumptuous
,
overweening
,
pompous
,
presuming
,
pretentious
,
prideful
,
procacious
,
proud
,
prying
,
pushful
,
pushing
,
pushy
,
saucy
,
self-appointed
,
self-asserting
,
self-assertive
,
self-assured
,
self-conceited
,
self-elect
,
self-satisfied
,
smug
,
snoopy
,
supercilious
,
temerarious
,
uppish
,
uppity
,
wild
,
wild-ass
,
would-be
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