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vanguard collapse: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"; the leading units moving at the head of an army

segregation collapse: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury"; a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups; (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

kennel collapse: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

hurdle collapse: a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races; an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"; jump a hurdle

piano collapse: a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds; (music) low loudness; used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition"; used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

siege collapse: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

van collapse: a truck with an enclosed cargo space; a camper equipped with living quarters

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

isolation collapse: the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others; a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"; a feeling of being disliked and alone; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it; a state of separation between persons or groups

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"

corral collapse: collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"; arrange wagons so that they form a corral; enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

garrison collapse: a fortified military post where troops are stationed; the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place; United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879); station (troops) in a fort or garrison

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

mew collapse: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America; utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

statesman collapse: a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

wrap collapse: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person; a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla; arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

jail collapse: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

include collapse: add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"; consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"; have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

independently collapse: on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently"; apart from others; "the clothes were hung severally"

penny collapse: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit; a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

G collapse: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet; a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

sieve collapse: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles; distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"; check and sort carefully; "sift the information"

outpost collapse: a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

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