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retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

pommel collapse: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

pay back collapse: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

turn on collapse: become hostile towards; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"; produce suddenly or automatically; "Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks"

pinion collapse: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack; cut the wings off (of birds); bind the arms of

carry over collapse: transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another; transfer from one time period to the next; transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal"; hold over goods to be sold for the next season

radio collapse: a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves; medium for communication; indicating radiation or radioactivity; "radiochemistry"; transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help"

commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

power of attorney collapse: a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent

shunt collapse: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body; a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"; transfer to another track, of trains; provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

translate collapse: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"; change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation; determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA; restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."; express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"; bring to a certain spiritual state; subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body; be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"; be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"

twig collapse: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

member collapse: an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations"; one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"; anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex"

belabor collapse: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

extradite collapse: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

radio receiver collapse: an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

instrument collapse: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"; a device that requires skill for proper use; a person used by another to gain an end; address a legal document to; write an instrumental score for; equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

shocker collapse: a sensational message (in a film or play or novel); a shockingly bad person

incident collapse: a single distinct event; a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"; falling or striking of light rays on something; "incident light"

compass collapse: navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

windshield collapse: transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle

lightning rod collapse: a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning; someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

seat belt collapse: a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident

palladium collapse: a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

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