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overabundance collapse: a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"

affusion collapse: the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head

spill over collapse: be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

irrigation collapse: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution; supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

watering collapse: wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

torrent collapse: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

volley collapse: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces; utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"; make a volley; discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"; hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"; be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"

immersion collapse: a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

baptism collapse: a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"

washout collapse: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"; the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"

overdose collapse: dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"

bath collapse: you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"; a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"; a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains; an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

souse collapse: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled; cook in a marinade; "souse herring"; become drunk or drink excessively

redundancy collapse: repetition of an act needlessly; the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"; (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails; repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

landslide collapse: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"

avalanche collapse: a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"; a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain; gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

lavishness collapse: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

excess collapse: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits; a quantity much larger than is needed; more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

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