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lodestone collapse: a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically

dumbbell collapse: an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle; an ignorant or foolish person

gin collapse: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points; strong liquor flavored with juniper berries; trap with a snare; "gin game"; separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

smolder collapse: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"; have strong suppressed feelings

grab collapse: a mechanical device for gripping an object; capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"; take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"; make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"; obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"

bicycle collapse: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals; ride a bicycle

kidnapping collapse: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

abduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body; the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

fugue collapse: a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement; a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days; dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

difficulty collapse: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"; a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"; a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

trap collapse: a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned; a light two-wheeled carriage; a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters; drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas; informal terms for the mouth; something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"; to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"; catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"; hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"; place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"

buoyancy collapse: the tendency to float in water or other liquid; cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

millstone collapse: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; any load that is difficult to carry

credible collapse: appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"; capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"; a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate; "she was not the...credible fool he expected"

fine print collapse: the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print"

small print collapse: material printed in small type; "he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print"

flare up collapse: ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

overtake collapse: catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

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