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

mortar collapse: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range; a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle; used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"

orotund collapse: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"

blitz collapse: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment; attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"

angle collapse: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians; fish with a hook; move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"

Roman candle collapse: a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

fluorescence collapse: light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

luminescence collapse: light from nonthermal sources; light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

phosphorescence collapse: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

fata morgana collapse: a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

aloft collapse: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"; at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"; upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

upstage collapse: the rear part of the stage; of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"; at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"; move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; treat snobbishly, put in one's place

griddle collapse: cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked; cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes"

madden collapse: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"; drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves; cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

flicker collapse: North American woodpecker; a momentary flash of light; move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"; flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"; shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"

indirectly collapse: not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"

white flag collapse: flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce

red flag collapse: something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull"; the emblem of socialist revolution; a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"

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"

rectangular collapse: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"

chivalry collapse: courtesy towards women; the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct

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