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retaining wall collapse: a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

jutty collapse

pier collapse: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats; a support for two adjacent bridge spans; (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

seawall collapse

jetty collapse

groin collapse: the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals; build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"

breakwater collapse: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

rampart collapse: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

buttress collapse: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building; make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"; reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"

embankment collapse: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

bulwark collapse: a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural); defend with a bulwark

mole collapse: small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet; a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin; spicy sauce often containing chocolate

corroborate collapse: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

hung collapse: (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) having items suspended on or from a support; "walls hung with valuable paintings"; "a vine-hung trellis"

probate collapse: the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements; a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate; establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents); put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

cowl collapse: a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk); cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the girls"

circumstantiate collapse: give circumstantial evidence for

toughen collapse: make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"

electrocution collapse: killing by electric shock; execution by electricity

capital punishment collapse

beam collapse: long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction; (nautical) breadth amidships; a column of light (as from a beacon); a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation; smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression; express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval"

lappet collapse: medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars; a small lap on a garment or headdress

pendent collapse: supported from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"

shoulder collapse: narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm; a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula; a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal; push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"; carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"; lift onto one's shoulders

underpinning collapse

bear out collapse

in full view collapse: easily visible; "she turned her back on her rival in full view of everyone"

shroud collapse: a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute; wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"; cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"; form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"

in sight collapse: at or within a reasonable distance for seeing; "not a policeman in sight"; "kept the monkey in view"

strengthener collapse: a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

guywire collapse

beef up collapse

gradient collapse: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"; a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

suspense collapse: an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"; excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"; apprehension about what is going to happen

foundation garment collapse: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

corset collapse: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment; dress with a corset

bra collapse

brassiere collapse: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

visual collapse

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