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secede collapse: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

drop out collapse: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"; leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

disagree collapse: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"; be different from one another

mismatch collapse: a bad or unsuitable match; match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

variegate collapse: change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors

jostle collapse: the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing); come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"; make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"

collide collapse: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"

spat collapse: a young oyster or other bivalve; a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles; spawn; "oysters spat"; engage in a brief and petty quarrel; strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"; become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"; come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"

withdraw collapse: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"; remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

oppose collapse: be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"; be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"; oppose with equal weight or force

jar collapse: a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles; the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"; place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"; affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"; shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

divide collapse: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility); perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"; separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

deviate collapse: turn aside; turn away from; cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"; be at variance with; be out of line with

dissent collapse: a difference of opinion; (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"; withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented"

conflict collapse: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"; an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"; opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"; opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"; a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"; go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"; be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"

divaricate collapse: spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"; branch off; "The road divaricates here"

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

separate collapse: a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments; separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"; independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"; divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"; force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"; come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"; go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"; make a division or separation; discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"; act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

clash collapse: a state of conflict between persons; a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"; disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"; be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"

argue collapse: present reasons and arguments; give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"; have an argument about something

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