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gratuity collapse: an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation; a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

de emphasize collapse

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

tranquillity collapse: a state of peace and quiet; an untroubled state; free from disturbances

hushed collapse: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

mysterious collapse: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"

midnight collapse: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"

whistling collapse: the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

gag collapse: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting; make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit; cause to retch or choke; struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"; make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"; tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"; prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

tranquilize collapse

kill collapse: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"; destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"; cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"; tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"; cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"; cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars"; deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"; hit with great force; "He killed the ball"; hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"; overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"; be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!"; thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"; be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"

sibilate collapse: utter a sibilant; pronounce with an initial sibilant

gratification collapse: the act or an instance of satisfying; state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"

secret collapse: information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"; something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"; the next to highest level of official classification for documents; not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"; indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"; communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"; not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"

bribe collapse: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment; make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

pacify collapse: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

stipend collapse: a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

sizzling collapse: hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather"

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

squish collapse: the noise of soft mud being walked on; put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

peace collapse: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"; the absence of mental stress or anxiety; harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together"; the state prevailing during the absence of war; the general security of public places; "he was arrested for disturbing the peace"

lull collapse: a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"; become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"; calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

fizz collapse: an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

stertor collapse

swish collapse: a brushing or rustling sound

appease collapse

mollify collapse: make less rigid or softer

silent collapse: having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"; not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"; marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

quiet collapse: of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.; not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"; free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"; characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"

boodle collapse: informal terms for money

lisp collapse: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists; a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'; speak with a lisp

pall collapse: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped; lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"; become less interesting or attractive; cause to become flat; "pall the beer"; cover with a pall

covert collapse: a flock of coots; secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"; (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; " a woman covert"

blackout collapse: a momentary loss of consciousness; the failure of electric power for a general region; darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft); a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

bamboo curtain collapse: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s

quell collapse: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

sneeze collapse: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose; exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

palliate collapse

effervescence collapse: the process of bubbling as gas escapes

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