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blind alley collapse: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"; a street with only one way in or out

zap collapse: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"; kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"; strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"

finding collapse: the decision of a court on issues of fact or law; something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaeological findings"

forbearing collapse: showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering"

modicum collapse: a small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack

entirety collapse: the state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction"

city collapse: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"; a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"; an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

explanation collapse: thought that makes something comprehensible; a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"; the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

exotic collapse: strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

monotonously collapse: in a monotonous manner; "the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful"

terminus collapse: either end of a railroad or bus route; (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

trampoline collapse: gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling

culminate collapse: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"; bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"; end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"; reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body; reach the highest or most decisive point

pneumatics collapse: the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases

predominantly collapse: much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous"

allotment collapse: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"; a share set aside for a specific purpose

remote collapse: far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

objective collapse: the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed; belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"; undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"; emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art"; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"

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