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stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

bad breath collapse

halitosis collapse: offensive breath

rot collapse

excrement collapse

crumble collapse: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"; fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fester collapse: a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus; ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

disrepair collapse: in need of repairs

scurf collapse: (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts

ordure collapse

pus collapse: a fluid product of inflammation; the tenth month of the Hindu calendar

stink collapse: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"

BO collapse

body odor collapse: malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe

dilapidation collapse: the process of becoming dilapidated

catalysis collapse: acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"

miasma collapse: unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"; an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"

corrode collapse: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

splitting collapse

forgiveness collapse: the act of excusing a mistake or offense; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

slough collapse: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake); a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou); a hollow filled with mud

oxidation collapse: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

desiccate collapse

snot collapse: nasal mucus

catalyst collapse: something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"; (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

spoil collapse: the act of stripping and taking by force; the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"; (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"; become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

twilight collapse: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth; a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"; the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

ablation collapse: surgical removal of a body part or tissue; the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

absentmindedness collapse: preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

erosion collapse: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it); a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors"; condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

disintegrate collapse: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"; lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"; cause to undergo fission or lose particles

crumbling collapse

disorganize collapse: remove the organization from

oblivion collapse: the state of being disregarded or forgotten

break up collapse: laugh unrestrainedly; cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"; break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"; come apart; "the group broke up"

perish collapse

ablate collapse: remove an organ or bodily structure; wear away through erosion or vaporization

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

deteriorate collapse: become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

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