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repel collapse: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"; cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"; be repellent to; cause aversion in

outlaw collapse: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

interfere collapse: come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"

box collapse: a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"; a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"; separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"; private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty"; the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"; any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"; evergreen shrubs or small trees; the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates"; a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"; engage in a boxing match; hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"; put into a box; "box the gift, please"

get rid of collapse: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

jet propulsion collapse: propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

rocket propulsion collapse: reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen

mutilate collapse: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"; destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

rebuff collapse: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); an instance of driving away or warding off; reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

obvious collapse: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors"

battle collapse: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"; battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

unambiguous collapse: having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

divorce collapse: the legal dissolution of a marriage; get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

plurality collapse: (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes); the state of being plural; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"

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