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obsession collapse: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

yearbook collapse: a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students

polemic collapse: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); of or involving dispute or controversy

intercommunication collapse: mutual communication; communication with each other; "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships"

berth collapse: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers; provide with a berth

acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

project collapse: a planned undertaking; present for consideration; regard as objective; communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"; transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another; throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile"; put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"; draw a projection of; project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen"; cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"

notebook collapse: a small compact portable computer; a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

erupt collapse: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"; erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"; become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"; start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"; appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"; break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"; start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

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"

ledger collapse: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

rhubarb collapse: plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

abridge collapse: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

blandishment collapse: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery; flattery intended to persuade

inducement collapse: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"

circuit collapse: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow; (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals; an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"; make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

undertake collapse: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"; enter upon an activity or enterprise; accept as a charge; accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

inclusion collapse: the act of including; the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"; the state of being included

controversy collapse: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

shear collapse: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it; (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"; cut with shears; "shear hedges"; cut or cut through with shears

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

tenure collapse: the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands; the term during which some position is held; give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"

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