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unsupported collapse: not supported by written evidence; "unsupported accusations"; not held up or borne; "removal of the central post left the roof unsupported"; not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid; "unsupported accusations"

dictatorial collapse: of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"

unselfish collapse: not greedy; disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others

halting collapse: fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few broken words of sorrow"

weigh collapse: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"; determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"; have a certain weight

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

unwritten collapse: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence

time-honored collapse: acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"; honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"

acknowledged collapse: recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"; generally accepted

severe collapse: very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

circuitous collapse: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

tidal wave collapse: a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun; an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide; an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime"

sea collapse: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land; turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas"

alone collapse: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"

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