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fructify collapse: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"; make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"; become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"

asbestos collapse: a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

sprinkler collapse: mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

strafe collapse: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"; attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

fire extinguisher collapse: a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

inseminate collapse: introduce semen into (a female); place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"

shooting collapse: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"; killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

fireman collapse: play in which children pretend to put out a fire; a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

grill collapse: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"; cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"

carbon tetrachloride collapse: a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined

medallion collapse: an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered; a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal"; any of various large ancient Greek coins

foghorn collapse: a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone; a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

fireplug collapse: an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

hydrant collapse: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks

phosphor collapse: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

feisty collapse: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

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