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gag collapse: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting; make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit; cause to retch or choke; struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"; make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"; tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"; prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

emphatic collapse: forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"; sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"; spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"

nonstop collapse: (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta"; without stopping; "we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo"

tangent collapse: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle; a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

mechanism collapse: the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"; device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes; a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection"; the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"

helm collapse: a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"; steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

epiphany collapse: a divine manifestation; twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

performance collapse: any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"; the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"; the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"; a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"

conservatory collapse: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner; a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts; the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

speciousness collapse: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"

cost of living collapse: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"

airline collapse: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; a hose that carries air under pressure

runoff collapse: a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

spontaneous collapse: happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion"

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

afflatus collapse: a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine afflatus"

mention collapse: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"; commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"; make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

clear-cut collapse: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"; having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"; remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of forest"

devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

limpid collapse: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

scientific collapse: conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"; of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"

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