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deepen collapse: become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"; make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

antagonize collapse: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"; act in opposition to

contemporary collapse: a person of nearly the same age as another; belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"; characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

herpes collapse: any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin; viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

leprosy collapse: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

seriousness collapse: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice; the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

inflame collapse: become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"; cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"; arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

augment collapse: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"; grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

estrange collapse: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"; remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

summer collapse: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"; spend the summer; "We summered in Kashmir"

policeman collapse: a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

intentness collapse: the quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze"

embitter collapse: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

flare collapse: (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield; a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification; a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate; a sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage"; am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection); a sudden burst of flame; a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"; a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare"; reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation; burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"; shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

flame collapse: criticize harshly, on the e-mail; be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

accelerate collapse: move faster; "The car accelerated"; cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

ramify collapse: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

complicate collapse: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"; make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

sharpen collapse: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"; make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"; make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"; give a point to; "The candles are tapered"; raise the pitch of (musical notes); make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"; make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

incense collapse: the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"; a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

enhance collapse: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"; make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

curry collapse: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

wake up collapse: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

heighten collapse: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"; become more extreme; "The tension heightened"; increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

warm collapse: of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail"; uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made things warm for the bookies"; characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; "a warm debate"; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat"; psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"; (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows; "warm reds and yellows and orange"; make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you"; get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"

same collapse: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"; same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"

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