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extort collapse: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"; obtain through intimidation

dishonesty collapse: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing; the quality of being dishonest

outreach collapse: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

pigeon collapse: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

conviction collapse: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

halter collapse: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight; a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered; rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading; hang with a halter

cell collapse: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals; a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction; a room where a prisoner is kept; small room is which a monk or nun lives; any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"; a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

impermanence collapse: the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations

inanimate collapse: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"; belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"

bear hug collapse: a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest; a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent

quiescent collapse: causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"; being quiet or still or inactive; not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"; marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"

petrified collapse: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"; converted into a mineral; "petrified wood"; converted into stone

clincher collapse: a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets; a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively; an argument that is conclusive

forgery collapse: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

Death Valley collapse: a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America

Sahara collapse: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa

get around collapse: move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"

pinchbeck collapse: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold; serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

sleeping collapse: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate; the state of being asleep

body count collapse: a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; "the daily body count increased as the war went on"

frozen collapse: not convertible to cash; "frozen assets"; turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"; not thawed

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