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turn on collapse: become hostile towards; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"; produce suddenly or automatically; "Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks"

create collapse: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"; pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating"; bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"; invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"

goad collapse: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"; stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick; urge with or as if with a goad

devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

construct collapse: draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"; make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"; create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"

white goods collapse: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth; large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

irreconcilable collapse: impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences"

granulate collapse: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"; become granular; form into grains

caustic collapse: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue; of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

stiffness collapse: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"; the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"; the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

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