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turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

exalted collapse: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

joy collapse: something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"; the emotion of great happiness

longevity collapse: the property of being long-lived; duration of service; "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual longevity in the company"

life collapse: living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"; the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"; a motive for living; "pottery was his life"; a living person; "his heroism saved a life"; the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"; the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"; a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"; the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"; the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"; the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

shorten collapse: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"; make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"; make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

pare collapse: decrease gradually or bit by bit; remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"

swash collapse: the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"; make violent, noisy movements

ecstasy collapse: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens; a state of elated bliss

gloom collapse: a feeling of melancholy apprehension; a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"; an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

simplify collapse: make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"

bottle collapse: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped; a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children; the quantity contained in a bottle; put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"; store (liquids or gases) in bottles

temper collapse: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"; the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking; a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"; adjust the pitch (of pianos); harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

morale collapse: a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

sprinkle collapse: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"; scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

mood collapse: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

dash collapse: a quick run; the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"; distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"; the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"; add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"; destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

gin collapse: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points; strong liquor flavored with juniper berries; trap with a snare; "gin game"; separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

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