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trombone collapse: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

gulp collapse: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"; a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing; utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"; to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"

volume collapse: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"; a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"; the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"; a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"

Jonah collapse: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale; a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

culminate collapse: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"; bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"; end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"; reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body; reach the highest or most decisive point

gust collapse: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

storm collapse: a direct and violent assault on a stronghold; a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening; a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"; attack by storm; attack suddenly; take by force; "Storm the fort"; blow hard; "It was storming all night"; rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"

tauten collapse: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"; become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

oxygenate collapse: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"

waterspout collapse: a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof); a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

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

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

cornet collapse: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

turbulence collapse: unstable flow of a liquid or gas; a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"; instability in the atmosphere

perorate collapse: deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

snuff collapse: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose; a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time; the charred portion of a candlewick; snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown; inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"; sniff or smell inquiringly

recrudescence collapse: a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

baked collapse: (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven); "baked goods"; hardened by subjecting to intense heat; "baked bricks"; "burned bricks"

snore collapse: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound; the rattling noise produced when snoring; breathe noisily during one's sleep; "she complained that her husband snores"

finalize collapse: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"

tornado collapse: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

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