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street collapse: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"; the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"; people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"; a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"; the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"

sedition collapse: an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

sunstroke collapse: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

mast collapse: a vertical spar for supporting sails; any sturdy upright pole; nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine; nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

productivity collapse: (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

effectiveness collapse: power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

pike collapse: any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere; medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet; a sharp point (as on the end of a spear); highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

sail collapse: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel; traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"; travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

sally collapse: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"

contour collapse: a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"; a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height; form the contours of

cogency collapse: the quality of being logically valid; persuasive relevance

infiltration collapse: a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

energy collapse: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"; enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy"; forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"; (physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms"; a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"

overriding collapse: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

vigorously collapse: with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"

offense collapse: the action of attacking an enemy; the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

number one collapse: a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first

substantially collapse: in a strong substantial way; "the house was substantially built"

red herring collapse: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue; a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

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