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demoralize collapse: confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

acidity collapse: pH values below 7; the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth

electrify collapse: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"; charge (a conductor) with electricity; excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

humiliate collapse: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

disrupt collapse: throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"

distract collapse: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

countermand collapse: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

chamber collapse: a natural or artificial enclosed space; a room where a judge transacts business; an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"; a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"; place in a chamber

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

molecule collapse: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

thwart collapse: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

perturb collapse: throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"; disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"; cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"; disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

missile collapse: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

sabotage collapse: a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged; destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

chemical collapse: produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules; relating to or used in chemistry; "chemical engineer"; "chemical balance"; of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; "chemical fertilizer"

rocket collapse: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion; any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine; propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon; erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender; propel with a rocket; shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"

generator collapse: engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction; an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas; an electronic device for producing a signal voltage; someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"

agitate collapse: change the arrangement or position of; cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"; try to stir up public opinion

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