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corporal punishment collapse: the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

liquid assets collapse: assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash)

stocks collapse: a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked; a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod; a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

perpetrate collapse: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

principal collapse: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account; the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"; capital as contrasted with the income derived from it; the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

fusillade collapse: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"; attack with fusillade

capital collapse: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature; one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"; the federal government of the United States; a seat of government; a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"; wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value; assets available for use in the production of further assets; uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"; of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"; first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"

pi collapse: the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet; the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...

italic collapse: a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right; a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right; a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative; of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"; characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

ax collapse: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

lashing collapse: rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"; violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"

hanging collapse: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"; decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

discipline collapse: training to improve strength or self-control; the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"; the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";; a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"; punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"; train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

revenge collapse: take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

alphabetic collapse: arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"; relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system"

pull off collapse: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"; be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

roman collapse: a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions; a resident of modern Rome; an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire; of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"; relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"; of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church"; characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

swingeing collapse: severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

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