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suffocation collapse: killing by depriving of oxygen; the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"

abolition collapse: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"

amputation collapse: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb; a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs

mining collapse: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth; laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

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

annulment collapse: (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

elimination collapse: the murder of a competitor; the act of removing or getting rid of something; the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives; the bodily process of discharging waste matter

nullification collapse: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something; the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

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of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"; no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"

death collapse: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"; the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"; the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"; the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"; the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"; the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

mutilation collapse: an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

choking collapse: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"; a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

negation collapse: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false; the speech act of negating; a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

excavation collapse: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"; a hole in the ground made by excavating

liquidation collapse: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

extraction collapse: the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"; the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

destruction collapse: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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