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break up collapse: laugh unrestrainedly; cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"; break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"; come apart; "the group broke up"

inrush collapse

nibble collapse: gentle biting; eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"; bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"; bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

go over collapse

fall collapse: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"; a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"; a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"; when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat; the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"; the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"; pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"; come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"; go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"; occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"; begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"; be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"; come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"; be cast down; "his eyes fell"; assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"; descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"; drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"; lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"; slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"; move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"; be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"; be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"; to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student"; to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"; lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"; suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"; yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"; lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"; die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"; be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"; come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

fraternize collapse: be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

swoon collapse

moisture collapse: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

rainfall collapse

decease collapse

endeavor collapse: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

carry away collapse

postprandial collapse: following a meal (especially dinner); "his postprandial cigar"; "took a postprandial walk"

kneel collapse: supporting yourself on your knees; rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

let drop collapse

welcome collapse: a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome"; the state of being welcome; "don't outstay your welcome"; giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us"; bid welcome to; greet upon arrival; receive someone, as into one's house; accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals"

also ran collapse

set sail collapse

scapegoat collapse: someone punished for the errors of others

side with collapse

depreciate collapse: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"; lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

comb collapse: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"; the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds; ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore; a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair; any of several tools for straightening fibers; a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl; smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"; search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"; straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"

lap up collapse

identify with collapse

declension collapse: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"; the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

want collapse: wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"; have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"; hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"; be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

neutralize collapse: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"; make incapable of military action; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"; make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"

list collapse: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics); give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"; tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"; cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"; include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?"

crash collapse: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"; a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"; a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures); (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"; stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"; undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"; hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"; undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"; break violently or noisily; smash;; cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"; fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"; move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"; move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"; occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"

rapids collapse

decay collapse: the organic phenomenon of rotting; a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current; the process of gradually becoming inferior; the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"; fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"; undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

tackle collapse: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground; a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"; the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"; seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

unravel collapse: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

blurt collapse

collide collapse: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"

not accept collapse

run down collapse: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle; pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"; move downward; "The water ran down"; deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"; trace; "We are running down a few tips"

abate collapse: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

proceed collapse: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

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