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unionize collapse: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize"; recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"

federalize collapse: put under the control and authority of a federal government

converge collapse: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"; move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"; be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"; approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

federate collapse: united under a central government; unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"; enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"

hook up collapse: connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"

funnel collapse: (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship); a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth; a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends; move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

middle collapse: the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"; an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle; time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"; between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"; of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"; put in the middle

marry collapse: take in marriage; perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

conspire collapse: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"; act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

close up collapse: very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"; refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"; unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"; cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

confederate collapse: someone who assists in a plot; a supporter of the Confederate States of America; of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers"; form a confederation with; of nations

organize collapse: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"; cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

concentrate collapse: a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"; a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water; make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser; direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"; draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

gang collapse: tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together; an organized group of workmen; an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"; act as an organized group

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