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loss collapse: the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"; the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"; the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"; the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"; something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"; gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"

anarchy collapse: a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

unruliness collapse: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

separateness collapse: political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan"

cloud collapse: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude; any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible; out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds"; suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud"; a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"; make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"; make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"; billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses"

snafu collapse: an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up; cause to be in a state of complete confusion

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

distraction collapse: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"; mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"; an obstacle to attention

dispersion collapse: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"; spreading widely or driving off

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

vagueness collapse: indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"; unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"

haze collapse: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility; harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions; become hazy, dull, or cloudy

perturb collapse: throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"; disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"; cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"; disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

riddle collapse: a coarse sieve (as for gravel); a difficult problem; set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"; explain a riddle; speak in riddles; pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"; separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

clutter collapse: unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen; a confused multitude of things; fill a space in a disorderly way

cipher collapse: a message written in a secret code; a secret method of writing; a person of no influence

zeal collapse: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"

code collapse: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy; (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions; a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones); attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"

agitate collapse: change the arrangement or position of; cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"; try to stir up public opinion

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