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inseparable collapse: not capable of being separated; "inseparable pieces of rock"

adjacent collapse: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"; nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

depress collapse: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"; lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

restricted collapse: the lowest level of official classification for documents; restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man'); subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

capture collapse: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board; the act of taking of a person by force; any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle; a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field; capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"; succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"; attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"; bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"

pinch collapse: a squeeze with the fingers; an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed; a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"; irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"; squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

approximately collapse: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

hover collapse: hang in the air; fly or be suspended above; move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

huddle collapse: (informal) a quick private conference; a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"; crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"; crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

unite collapse: join or combine; "We merged our resources"; act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief; bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"; have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good business sense"

acquaintance collapse: personal knowledge or information about someone or something; a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"; a relationship less intimate than friendship

incommunicado collapse: without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

fastened collapse: firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt"

trail collapse: a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country; a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"; drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"; hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"; move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

surround collapse: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"; be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

look like collapse: bear a physical resemblance to; "She looks like her mother"

switch off collapse: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

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