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life jacket collapse: life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design

water wings collapse: a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim

safety belt collapse: belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt

annihilation collapse: destruction by annihilating something; total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

ejection seat collapse: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

life force collapse: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

life cycle collapse: a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage; the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

biological clock collapse: an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

lifeboat collapse: a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship

heartbeat collapse: an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"

enlivened collapse: made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"; made sprightly or cheerful

extinction collapse: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"; a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"; the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"; no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"

lap of luxury collapse: in conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury"

flood tide collapse: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

dying collapse: in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"

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