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retract collapse: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

apart collapse: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"; into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"; separated or at a distance in place or position or time; "These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart"; one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"; away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"

abjure collapse: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

bush collapse: a large wilderness area; vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924); United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974); 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946); provide with a bushing

back up collapse: make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"; move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

remote collapse: far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

reef collapse: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef; roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area; lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

repudiate collapse: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"; reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"; refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"

isolated collapse: not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"; under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"; cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

insular collapse: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"; suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels; relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"

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