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clang collapse: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"; make a loud noise; "clanging metal"

disintegrate collapse: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"; lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"; cause to undergo fission or lose particles

sharpen collapse: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"; make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"; make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"; give a point to; "The candles are tapered"; raise the pitch of (musical notes); make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"; make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

chew collapse: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow; a wad of something chewable as tobacco; chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

gum collapse: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying; exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"; become sticky; cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger"

slippery collapse: causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"; not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

suppress collapse: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"; put out of one's consciousness

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

diner collapse: a restaurant that resembles a dining car; a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

lacerate collapse: having edges that are jagged from injury; irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"; cut or tear irregularly; deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"

contemplate collapse: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"; look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"

ablate collapse: remove an organ or bodily structure; wear away through erosion or vaporization

shatter collapse: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"; break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

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