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laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

blight collapse: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted; cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

curse collapse: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"; a severe affliction; utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"; wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"; heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

hurried collapse: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

thorny collapse: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"

crushing collapse: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

bony collapse: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"; very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

hale collapse: prolific United States writer (1822-1909); United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938); a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776); exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

down-to-earth collapse: sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"

uncompassionate collapse: lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare

strenuously collapse: in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously; "he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking"

trial collapse: (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"; (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"; an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"; (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"

unconvincing collapse: not convincing; "unconvincing excuses"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"

overload collapse: an excessive burden; an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"; become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"

gutsy collapse: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"

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