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overshadow collapse: cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"; exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

leaven collapse: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"; a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

vilify collapse: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

drop off collapse: fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

pine collapse: a coniferous tree; straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

extenuate collapse: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

deride collapse: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

deflate collapse: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"; reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"; produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"; reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"; release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"; collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"

depress collapse: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"; lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

wilt collapse: causing to become limp or drooping; any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; become limp; "The flowers wilted"; lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

abridge collapse: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

tone down collapse: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

lighten collapse: become lighter; "The room lightened up"; become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"; reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"; make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

suffer collapse: feel pain or be in pain; undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"; feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"; get worse; "His grades suffered"; be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"; undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"; undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"; be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

discount collapse: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

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

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