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venom collapse: toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)

analytic collapse: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"; expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection; using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"; using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus; "analytic statics"

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

charity collapse: an activity or gift that benefits the public at large; a kindly and lenient attitude toward people; an institution set up to provide help to the needy; a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

esprit de corps collapse: the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

identity collapse: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"; exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"; the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"; an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

unison collapse: (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison"; occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison"; corresponding exactly; "marching in unison"

awareness collapse: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"; state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"

downcast collapse: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine; directed downward; "a downcast glance"

poker face collapse: a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

pressure collapse: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"; the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"; the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"; an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

pessimistic collapse: expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds

mutuality collapse: a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups); a reciprocality of sentiments; "the mutuality of their affection was obvious"

despondent collapse: without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

ordeal collapse: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence; a severe or trying experience

stint collapse: an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"; supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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