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desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

frightful collapse: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

dive collapse: a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft; a headlong plunge into water; swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"; plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"; drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

abhorrent collapse: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

rebarbative collapse: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

obscenity collapse: an obscene act; the trait of behaving in an obscene manner; an offensive or indecent word or phrase

decrescendo collapse: (music) a gradual decrease in loudness; gradually decreasing in volume; grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"

miscalculate collapse: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding"; judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination"

stagger collapse: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"; astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"; walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"; walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

blocked collapse: completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain was plugged"; closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked streets"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

dub collapse: provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language; give a nickname to

oath collapse: a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury; a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"

tangle collapse: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"; a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

header collapse: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"; (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head; a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon; a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters; brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

filth collapse: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse; any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

surprise collapse: the act of surprising someone; a sudden unexpected event; the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"; come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

swag collapse: a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman; valuable goods; sway heavily or unsteadily

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