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pinched collapse: as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

desperate collapse: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"; showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"; showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"; desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"; (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

hot water collapse: a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

threatened collapse: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

fjord collapse: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

firth collapse: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland); English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

scofflaw collapse: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

bayou collapse: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

overeager collapse: excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"

swamp collapse: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog; a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"; drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

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