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acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

pounce collapse: the act of pouncing; move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

scaly collapse: having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

wane collapse: decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"; become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

slump collapse: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"; fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"; fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"; assume a drooping posture or carriage

cadaver collapse: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

climb collapse: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"; an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.); improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"; go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"; move with difficulty, by grasping; slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

epidemiology collapse: the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease

prewar collapse: existing or belonging to a time before a war; "prewar levels of industrial production"

tornado collapse: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

uprise collapse: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"

bullion collapse: gold or silver in bars or ingots; a mass of precious metal

sod collapse: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"; cover with sod

harry collapse: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

dwindling collapse: a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"; gradually decreasing until little remains

offal collapse: viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

undertake collapse: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"; enter upon an activity or enterprise; accept as a charge; accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

corn belt collapse: midwestern United States (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana); excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock

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