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evisceration collapse: altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"; surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

weakening collapse: the act of reducing the strength of something; becoming weaker; moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

softening collapse: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"

relaxation collapse: a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount; an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"; (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance; (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

exhaustion collapse: the act of exhausting something entirely; extreme fatigue

attrition collapse: the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

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