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cupping collapse: a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

tapping collapse: the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"

suction collapse: a force over an area produced by a pressure difference; empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"; remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"

unloading collapse: the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.

dehydration collapse: the process of extracting moisture; depletion of bodily fluids; dryness resulting from the removal of water

tributary collapse: paying tribute; "a tributary colony"; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

drafting collapse: the craft of drawing blueprints; writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

bayou collapse: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

evacuation collapse: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

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

depletion collapse: the act of decreasing something markedly; the state of being depleted

mummification collapse: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

egress collapse: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent; (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

elimination collapse: the murder of a competitor; the act of removing or getting rid of something; the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives; the bodily process of discharging waste matter

draining collapse: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

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

clearing collapse: the act of removing solid particles from a liquid; the act of freeing from suspicion; a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

fork collapse: cutlery used for serving and eating food; an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs; the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"; shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"; place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

pump collapse: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction; a low-cut shoe without fastenings; question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"; deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"; operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; "pump the gas pedal"; raise (gases or fluids) with a pump; move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"; draw or pour with a pump; flow intermittently; supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"

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