Related Words:
- brinkmanship
collapse - the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety) related words >
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- Truman Doctrine,
- adventurousness,
- appeasement,
- audaciousness,
- audacity,
- balance of power,
- boldness,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- compromise,
- containment,
- courage fou,
- courting disaster,
- daredevilry,
- daredeviltry,
- daring,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- expansionism,
- fire-eating,
- flirting with death,
- foolhardiness,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- forwardness,
- going for broke,
- good-neighbor policy,
- harebrainedness,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- manifest destiny,
- militarism,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- nonresistance,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- playing with fire,
- preparedness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- spheres of influence,
- the big stick,
- tough policy,
- world politics
- open door
collapse
- freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees" related words >
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- Truman Doctrine,
- access,
- amiability,
- appeasement,
- balance of power,
- bonhomie,
- brinkmanship,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- compromise,
- containment,
- cordiality,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- entrance,
- entree,
- entry,
- expansionism,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- friendliness,
- generosity,
- geniality,
- good-neighbor policy,
- graciousness,
- heartiness,
- hospitableness,
- hospitality,
- imperialism,
- in,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- liberality,
- manifest destiny,
- militarism,
- nationalism,
- neighborliness,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- nonresistance,
- open arms,
- open-door policy,
- openheartedness,
- opening,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- preparedness,
- receptiveness,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- spheres of influence,
- the big stick,
- tough policy,
- warmheartedness,
- warmness,
- warmth,
- world politics
- abiding,
- age-long,
- aged,
- amaranthine,
- ancient,
- antique,
- changeless,
- chronic,
- colorfast,
- constant,
- continuing,
- deathless,
- deep-dyed,
- diuturnal,
- double-dyed,
- durable,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- embalmed,
- enduring,
- ever-fresh,
- evergreen,
- everlasting,
- fadeless,
- fast,
- firm,
- fixed,
- frozen,
- hardy,
- immobile,
- immortal,
- immutable,
- imperishable,
- incorruptible,
- indelible,
- ingrain,
- ingrained,
- intact,
- intransient,
- inveterate,
- inviolate,
- lasting,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- macrobiotic,
- never-dying,
- of long duration,
- of long standing,
- perdurable,
- perduring,
- perennial,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- quiescent,
- remaining,
- rigid,
- sempervirent,
- solid,
- stable,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- sustained,
- torpid,
- tough,
- unaltered,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- undestroyed,
- undying,
- unfailing,
- unshifting,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- vital
- droop
collapse
- hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" related words >
- amble,
- bad,
- bag,
- become suicidal,
- blow,
- blue,
- break,
- break down,
- burn out,
- cadence,
- cascade,
- cast down,
- catenary,
- cave,
- cave in,
- collapse,
- come apart,
- come unstuck,
- conk out,
- couch,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- daggle,
- dangle,
- decline,
- decurrence,
- dejected,
- demit,
- depend,
- depress,
- depressed,
- desiccate,
- despair,
- despond,
- deteriorate,
- diminish,
- disintegrate,
- dispirited,
- doleful,
- down,
- downhearted,
- drabble,
- drag,
- draggle,
- drape,
- droopy,
- drop,
- dry up,
- dwindle,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fail,
- faint,
- fall,
- fatigue,
- fizzle out,
- flag,
- flap,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flounce,
- flow,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- gait,
- gallop,
- gasp,
- get tired,
- give out,
- give way,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go soft,
- go to pieces,
- grow weary,
- hang,
- hang down,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- jade,
- jog,
- languish,
- lapse,
- let down,
- limp,
- lock step,
- loll,
- lollop,
- lop,
- lose heart,
- lose strength,
- lower,
- lowering,
- lurch,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- nod,
- pace,
- paddle,
- pant,
- peak,
- peg out,
- pend,
- peter out,
- piaffer,
- pine,
- play out,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plumb the depths,
- plump,
- poop out,
- prance,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- rack,
- reach the depths,
- roll,
- run down,
- run out,
- sag,
- saunter,
- scuttle,
- sear,
- set,
- settle,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- sink,
- sink down,
- sinkage,
- sling,
- slink,
- slither,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- slump,
- slump down,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- step,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- submerge,
- submergence,
- subside,
- subsidence,
- succumb,
- suspend,
- swag,
- swagger,
- swing,
- tire,
- toddle,
- totter,
- touch bottom,
- trail,
- tread,
- trollop,
- trot,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear away,
- wear thin,
- weary,
- weep,
- wheeze,
- wilt,
- wither,
- wither away,
- wizen,
- yield
- pause
collapse
- temporary inactivity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" related words >
- abeyance,
- accent,
- accent mark,
- afterthought,
- back down,
- balance,
- bar,
- bashfulness,
- bind,
- blench,
- block,
- blockage,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boundary,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breathe,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- breve rest,
- bureaucratic delay,
- caesura,
- call a break,
- call a recess,
- call time,
- cancel,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- character,
- cigarette break,
- clause boundary,
- clause terminal,
- close juncture,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- colon,
- comma,
- compunction,
- custos,
- day off,
- debate,
- declare a recess,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- demurral,
- detention,
- diffidence,
- direct,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- discontinue,
- discontinuity,
- dot,
- double take,
- downtime,
- dragging,
- drop,
- eighth rest,
- enforced respite,
- expression mark,
- falling terminal,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fermata,
- fight shy of,
- fissure,
- flinch,
- gap,
- half rest,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- hang-up,
- happy hour,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindrance,
- hold,
- hold off,
- hold up,
- hold-up,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interrupt,
- interruption,
- interval,
- intervene,
- jam,
- jib,
- juncture,
- key signature,
- knock off,
- lacuna,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- lay off,
- layoff,
- lead,
- let up,
- letup,
- ligature,
- logjam,
- lull,
- make bones about,
- mark,
- mark time,
- measure,
- metronomic mark,
- minim,
- modesty,
- moratorium,
- notation,
- objection,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- open juncture,
- paperasserie,
- period,
- plateau,
- point,
- point of repose,
- ponder,
- presa,
- protest,
- pull back,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- quarter rest,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- recoil,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- relief,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retreat,
- rising terminal,
- sandhi,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- segno,
- semicolon,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sign,
- signature,
- sixteenth rest,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- slur,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop,
- stop for breath,
- stop to consider,
- stoppage,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- swell,
- symbol,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- tea break,
- tempo mark,
- terminal,
- think twice about,
- tie,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- time off,
- time out,
- time signature,
- truce,
- vacation,
- vinculum,
- wait,
- waver,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- word boundary,
- yield
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