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annual collapse: a reference book that is published regularly once every year; a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year; completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"; occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"

shock collapse: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle"; an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"; an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"; a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair"; a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock"; (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"; subject to electrical shocks; collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"; collide violently; strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her"; surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"; strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

decontaminate collapse: rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"

acquit collapse: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

pus collapse: a fluid product of inflammation; the tenth month of the Hindu calendar

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

demote collapse: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

completion collapse: a concluding action; (American football) a successful forward pass in football

gunfire collapse: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

emergence collapse: the act of emerging; the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"; the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

debouch collapse: pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"; march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley"

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

period collapse: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"; the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"; a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"; one of three periods of play in hockey games; the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon; a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period"

extrusion collapse: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

catharsis collapse: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions; purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

lactation collapse: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands; the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"

valve collapse: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid; device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone; a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

secretion collapse: a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell; the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

emanation collapse: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"; something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light etc.)

exempt collapse: (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"; grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

exemption collapse: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"; a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"; immunity from an obligation or duty

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

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