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flicker collapse: North American woodpecker; a momentary flash of light; move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"; flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"; shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"

suffocate collapse: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"; be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"; suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"; become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"; impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

irritate collapse: excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"; excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"

provoke collapse: provide the needed stimulus for; evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

smolder collapse: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"; have strong suppressed feelings

deploy collapse: place troops or weapons in battle formation; to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"

inamorato collapse: a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship

simmer collapse: temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"; boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

rotor collapse: rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"; the rotating armature of a motor or generator; the revolving bar of a distributor

expand collapse: become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"; extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

flare up collapse: ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

seconder collapse: someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote

fry collapse: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907); English painter and art critic (1866-1934); cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"; be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

strew collapse: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"; spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

wicket collapse: small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted; small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door); a small arch used as croquet equipment; cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

sprawl collapse: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about; sit or lie with one's limbs spread out; go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"

dormer collapse: a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window

cooler collapse: a refrigerator for cooling liquids; a cell for violent prisoners; an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice

triangular collapse: involving three parties or elements; "the triangular mother-father-child relationship"; "a trilateral agreement"; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff"; having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle; "a triangular figure"; "a triangular pyrimid has a triangle for a base"

window collapse: a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air; a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened; a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material; (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen; an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air); "he stuck his head in the window"; an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"; the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded"

boyfriend collapse: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

beloved collapse: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment; dearly loved

char collapse: any of several small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus; a charred substance; burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"; burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

oxygenate collapse: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"

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