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buffet collapse: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers; a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves; strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"; strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"

assurance collapse: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"; a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected"; a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"; a British term for some kinds of insurance

bleak collapse: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

give way collapse: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

nestle collapse: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"; lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

hopeless collapse: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"; without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"; certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"; of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"

assumption collapse: the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"; the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"; (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended; celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church

irremediable collapse: impossible to remedy or correct or redress; "an irremediable error"; "irremediable defects of character"

destine collapse: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"

liability collapse: the quality of being something that holds you back; the state of being legally obliged and responsible

falter collapse: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

nourish collapse: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

marine animal collapse: any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

gulf collapse: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"; a deep wide chasm; an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

magnet collapse: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field

cheer collapse: a cry or shout of approval; show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"; urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"; become cheerful; cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"; give encouragement to

inoperable collapse: not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable"; not able to perform its normal function

incurable collapse: a person whose disease is incurable; unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"; incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"

optimism collapse: a general disposition to expect the best in all things; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

tendency collapse: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"; a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

possibility collapse: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"; a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"; capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

mooring collapse: (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place; a place where a craft can be made fast

distrust collapse: the trait of not trusting others; regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

strait collapse: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water; strict and severe; "strait is the gate"

domicile collapse: (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?"

chance collapse: a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"; be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

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