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decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

massacre collapse: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

transgress collapse: pass beyond (limits or boundaries); act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"; spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

hijack collapse: seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination; seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

trespass collapse: entry to another's property without right or permission; a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages; break the law; make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"

sleep with collapse

villainy collapse: a treacherous or vicious act; the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

womanize collapse

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

rely collapse

obligate collapse: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen"; commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

ignominy collapse

wreak collapse

perpetrate collapse: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

sacrilege collapse

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

dedicate collapse: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church; inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"; open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"

devolve collapse: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"; pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"

knock over collapse

consign collapse: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"; commit forever; commit irrevocably; send to an address

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

brickbat collapse: blunt criticism; a fragment of brick used as a weapon

commit collapse: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

fornicate collapse: have sex without being married

bumble collapse: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

butcher collapse: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market; a brutal indiscriminate murderer; a retailer of meat; kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

answer for collapse

profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

desecration collapse

pull off collapse: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"; be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

pitilessness collapse: mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

deputize collapse

cohabit collapse: room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

philander collapse: have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years"

commend collapse: express approval of; mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife"; express a good opinion of; give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"; present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"

blunder upon collapse

break the law collapse

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