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crossbones collapse: two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death

crisscross collapse: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other; marked with crossing lines; crossing one another in opposite directions; mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"; mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face"; cross in a pattern, often random

dagger collapse: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing; a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

crucifix collapse: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally; representation of the cross on which Jesus died

swastika collapse: the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction

ombudsman collapse: a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government

cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

Gordian knot collapse: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia; any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms

average collapse: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"; lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"; approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"; lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"; compute the average of; achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"; amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

amicus curiae collapse: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

unspectacular collapse: not spectacular; "an unspectacular but necessary task"

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

cornerstone collapse: a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls; a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies

generality collapse: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

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