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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"

holocaust collapse: an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

vandalism collapse: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

intemperance collapse: excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"; consumption of alcoholic drinks; the quality of being intemperate

shrinking collapse: the act of becoming less; process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"

hunger collapse: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"; a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation; feel the need to eat

exhaustion collapse: the act of exhausting something entirely; extreme fatigue

appliance collapse: durable goods for home or office use; a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

employment collapse: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"; the act of giving someone a job; the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

absorption collapse: (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid; (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"

gluttony collapse: eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins); habitual eating to excess

attrition collapse: the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

lavishness collapse: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

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

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