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keep quiet collapse: refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"

sardonic collapse: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman

clench collapse: squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"; hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

ballast collapse: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship; an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps; an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings; coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads; make steady with a ballast

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

matter-of-fact collapse: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"; not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

contraception collapse: birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

sun collapse: a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; any star around which a planetary system evolves; a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc; expose one's body to the sun; expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

satirical collapse: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

carrion collapse: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

deadpan collapse: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"; without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"

putrefaction collapse: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

scullion collapse: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)

petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

necrosis collapse: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

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