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cataract: a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice; clouding of the natural lens of the eye

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sault collapse

Niagara collapse: a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York; waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls

detached retina collapse

pink eye collapse

cross eye collapse

waterfall collapse: a steep descent of the water of a river

spill over collapse: be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

rapids collapse

walleye collapse: pike-like freshwater perches; strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

river collapse: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

engulf collapse: flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

gravitation collapse: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"; movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

come down collapse: criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"

downward trend collapse

torrent collapse: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

whelm collapse

glaucoma collapse: increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor; damages the optic disc and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)

trachoma collapse: a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue

defluxion collapse

plummeting collapse

drop off collapse: fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

downpour collapse: a heavy rain

parachute collapse: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

swoop collapse: a swift descent through the air; a very rapid raid; (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"; seize or catch with a swooping motion; move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

inundation collapse

inundate collapse: fill or cover completely, usually with water

outpouring collapse

cataclysm collapse

blind spot collapse: the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light; a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it"

blinding collapse

downfall collapse: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

go down collapse: be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"; be ingested; "This wine sure goes down well"; "The food wouldn't go down"; be recorded or remembered; "She will go down as the first feminist"

downturn collapse: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"

cascade collapse: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"; a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls; arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible; rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

fall off collapse: diminish in size or intensity; come off; "This button had fallen off"

plummet collapse: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"

descend collapse: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

run over collapse

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