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hot seat collapse: a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism

gallows collapse: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

hushed collapse: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

substantive collapse: a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun; defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"

algid collapse: chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"

hands collapse: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

bite collapse: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"; the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"; a light informal meal; a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person; penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"; to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"; cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

hang on collapse: hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"

exterminate collapse: kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

starve collapse: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"; deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"; deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"; be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

fatality collapse: the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters; a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"

gas chamber collapse: instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

traction collapse: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

chloroform collapse: a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"; anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"

exit collapse: the act of going out; an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"; lose the lead; move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

damnation collapse: the act of damning; the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

acridity collapse: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone; extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"; having an acrid smell

stillborn collapse: (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"

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