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napping collapse: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"

entangle collapse: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"; entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

unmade collapse: (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets"

elsewhere collapse: in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

sicken collapse: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"; make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"; upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

unprepared collapse: without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson

break out collapse: begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"; take from stowage in preparation for use

twig collapse: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

asleep collapse: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"; in the sleep of death

learn collapse: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"; be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

insensible collapse: unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"; incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

improvised collapse: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

see through collapse: remain with until completion; "I must see the job through"; perceive the true nature of; "We could see through her apparent calm"; support financially through a period of time; "The scholarship saw me through college"; "This money will see me through next month"

unready collapse: not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue"

seize collapse: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"; take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"; take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"; hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"

tangle collapse: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"; a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

faraway collapse: very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"; far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"

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