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revamp collapse: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it"

diverge collapse: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"; extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"; have no limits as a mathematical series

difference collapse: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"; a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"

switch collapse: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"; a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other; a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment; control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit; railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock; hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure; make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"; lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"; flog with or as if with a flexible rod

sinker collapse: a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate; a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

hurl collapse: a violent throw; utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"; throw forcefully

reconstruct collapse: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically; reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

geld collapse: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

decadent collapse: a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

amplification collapse: (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current; addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"; the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

vicissitude collapse: mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another); a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"

get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

vary collapse: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"; be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

swerve collapse: the act of turning aside suddenly; turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

fogyish collapse: (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"

overturn collapse: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"; turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

supplanting collapse: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

supersedure collapse: act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior

enlargement collapse: a photographic print that has been enlarged; the state of being enlarged

soar collapse: the act of rising upward into the air; go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"; fly upwards or high in the sky; rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

shift collapse: the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"; an event in which something is displaced without rotation; a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time; the time period during which you are at work; move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"; change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"; move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"; change in quality; "His tone shifted"; change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"; use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"; change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

ascend collapse: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"; slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"; go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"; become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"; go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

genetic disease collapse: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

pathology collapse: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases; any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

occupational disease collapse: disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)

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