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straw vote collapse: an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue

plebiscite collapse: a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

attempt collapse: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

brain collapse: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"; the brain of certain animals used as meat; kill by smashing someone's skull; hit on the head

nerve collapse: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

debauched collapse: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

lineup collapse: a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification

utility collapse: the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"; a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"; the quality of being of practical use; a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

cuckoldry collapse: the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women

leisure collapse: freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"; time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure"

acquit collapse: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

decontaminate collapse: rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"

ballot collapse: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting; vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

autonomy collapse: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; personal independence

self-acting collapse: designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-activating sprinkler system"

runaway collapse: an easy victory; completely out of control; "runaway inflation"

ginger collapse: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery; dried ground gingerroot; perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems; (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten"; add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

coauthor collapse: a writer who collaborates with others in writing something

homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

transparent collapse: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

point of view collapse: the spatial property of the position from which something is observed; a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

mugwump collapse: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics); someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884

position collapse: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom; a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"; (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"; the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"; the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"; a rationalized mental attitude; a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"; the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"; the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"; cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

get off collapse: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"; cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"; deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"; leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.; enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"; be relieved of one's duties temporarily

uninfluenced collapse: not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations"

gratuitous collapse: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"; unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

layout collapse: the act of laying out (as by making plans for something); a plan or design of something that is laid out

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