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mischief collapse: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

heckle collapse: challenge aggressively; comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

Baal collapse: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god

attend collapse: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"; take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"; be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"; to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"

living collapse: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"; (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"; still in active use; "a living language"; true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"; pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"; dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"

conservation collapse: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations; an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

pucker collapse: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"; become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

awareness collapse: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"; state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"

vagabond collapse: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"

wildcat collapse: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild; (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"; outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"

griddle collapse: cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked; cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes"

anguish collapse: extreme mental distress; extreme distress of body or mind; suffer great pains or distress

exactness collapse: the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"

Mafioso collapse: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States; a member of the Sicilian Mafia

auspices collapse: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"

seaman collapse: muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

bread collapse: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked; cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them"

treatment collapse: care by procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury; the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"; a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

poach collapse: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

relaxed collapse: made less tense or rigid; "his relaxed muscles"; without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion"

grief collapse: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"; intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

cure collapse: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"; be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"; make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"

Jezebel collapse: a shameless impudent scheming woman; wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)

parsimony collapse: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

chthonian collapse: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"

focus on collapse: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

accuracy collapse: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"; (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

thoroughness collapse: conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

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