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incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

edit collapse: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"; cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"; cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"; supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

afflatus collapse: a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine afflatus"

mention collapse: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"; commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"; make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

beat down collapse: dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"; shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers"; persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"

devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

Spartan collapse: a resident of Sparta; resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"; of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

downgrade collapse: the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends; rate lower; lower in value or esteem

skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

scientific collapse: conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"; of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"

snort collapse: make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously"; indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom"

snip collapse: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off); cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

crop collapse: the stock or handle of a whip; the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"; a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"; a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale; the yield from plants in a single growing season; cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"; feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow; yield crops; "This land crops well"

infallible collapse: incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

lunge collapse: (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward; make a thrusting forward movement

carve collapse: cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"; form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"; engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"

refund collapse: the act of returning money received previously; money returned to a payer; pay back; "Please refund me my money"

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