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flame collapse: criticize harshly, on the e-mail; be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

matter-of-fact collapse: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"; not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

blot collapse: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"; dry (ink) with blotting paper

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

wake collapse: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"; the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"; be awake, be alert, be there; make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

fusillade collapse: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"; attack with fusillade

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

corn collapse: something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"; ears of corn grown for human food; tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times; (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland); the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal; a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes; preserve with salt; "corned beef"; feed (cattle) with corn

contraception collapse: birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

fire collapse: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"; a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"; intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"; the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"; a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"; the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"; once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles); bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"; cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"; go off or discharge; "The gun fired"; drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"; terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

blinker collapse: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages; a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn; put blinders on (a horse)

semaphore collapse: an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms; convey by semaphore, of information; send signals by or as if by semaphore

sprinkler collapse: mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

blitz collapse: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment; attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"

satirical collapse: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

audacity collapse: aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision"; fearless daring

carrion collapse: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

wisp collapse: a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"; a flock of snipe; a small bundle of straw or hay; a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"

crane collapse: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world; lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis; United States poet (1899-1932); United States writer (1871-1900); stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

spotter collapse: a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers); a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots

deadpan collapse: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"; without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"

mull collapse: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides; a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"; heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"

patrol collapse: the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes; a detachment used for security or reconnaissance; a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security; maintain the security of by carrying out a control

putrefaction collapse: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

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