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streaming collapse: exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"

incisive collapse: suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"

meson collapse: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0

break through collapse: penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"; pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

beef collapse: cattle that are reared for their meat; meat from an adult domestic bovine

oblige collapse: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"; provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"

magnetism collapse: the branch of science that studies magnetism; attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

corrosive collapse: a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

nourish collapse: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

violence collapse: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"; a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

action collapse: something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"; the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"; an act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"; the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action"; the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action"; the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"; the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"; institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

polarization collapse: the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration; the condition of having or giving polarity

isolationist collapse: an advocate of isolationism in international affairs; of or relating to isolationism

cram collapse: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam; study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

butt collapse: thick end of the handle; the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking); a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons); a victim of ridicule or pranks; the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots; to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"; place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"

power collapse: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"; one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"; (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second); supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"

dyne collapse: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

feckless collapse: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"; not fit to assume responsibility

responsibility collapse: a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

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