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bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

untroubled collapse: free from turmoil or worries; "untroubled times"; not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face"

liquidate collapse: settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"; convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"; eliminate by paying off (debts)

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

blase collapse: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"; very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

search warrant collapse: a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search

hereafter collapse: following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"; in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter"

judgment collapse: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"; (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

waxen collapse: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"; made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

inevitable collapse: an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"; incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"; invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons"

late collapse: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"; at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"; of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"; later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"; at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career"

pessimism collapse: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things; the feeling that things will turn out badly

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