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ghettoize collapse: put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"

cordon collapse: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord; cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

sapphire collapse: a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem; a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone; of something having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes"

insulate collapse: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

decoration collapse: the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive); something used to beautify; an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

ribbon collapse: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming; a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter; any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

hyaline collapse: a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions; resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

chartreuse collapse: aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint; made at monastery near Grenoble, France; of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur

olive collapse: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation; one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish; hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork; evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits; small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil; of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

impound collapse: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

enshrine collapse: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"; hold sacred

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