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reconnaissance collapse: the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"

herbarium collapse: a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

delouse collapse: free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"

emaciate collapse: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

white goods collapse: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth; large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

exhausted collapse: completely emptied of resources or properties; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells"; drained physically; "the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained"; drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"

smoke collapse: the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"; something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"; an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"; a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"; inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

lichen collapse: any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.; any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks

gook collapse: a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)

rainmaker collapse: American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain; executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm

spillway collapse: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

culvert collapse: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

coldly collapse: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood"

cold storage collapse: refrigerated storage for preservation; in a state of abeyance or postponement

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

rigged collapse: fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)

bilge collapse: where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom; water accumulated in the bilge of a ship; take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged"; cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"

freeze collapse: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"; an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"; weather cold enough to cause freezing; the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid; suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"; anesthetize by cold; be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"; prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"; stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"; change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"; cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"; change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"; stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"; be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"

farming collapse: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"; the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

bleed collapse: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"; drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"; get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

cadaver collapse: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

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