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discount collapse: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

austere collapse: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"; severely simple; "a stark interior"

salvo collapse: a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"; an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

irritation collapse: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed; (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach"

meager collapse: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

distress collapse: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"; psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"; extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"; a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"; cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

puny collapse: (used especially of persons) of inferior size; inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

underprivileged collapse: lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

circuit collapse: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow; (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals; an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"; make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"

circumstance collapse: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"; formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

chain reaction collapse: a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next; a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

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