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profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

receivables collapse: money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts

crumbly collapse: apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies"

cabbage collapse: any of various types of cabbage; any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

jacks collapse: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

pinwheel collapse: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind; a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"; perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

swastika collapse: the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction

municipality collapse: people living in a town or city having local self-government; an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

strangler collapse: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

labor of love collapse: productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation

anoint collapse: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing; choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

retire collapse: cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"; lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"; dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"; go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"; withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"; make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"; withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

pedicel collapse: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

hoist collapse: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects; raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"; raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"; move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

outhouse collapse: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

hawk collapse: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail; an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations; hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

yeoman collapse: in former times was free and cultivated his own land; officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

cue collapse: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards; an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

baton collapse: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir; a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race; a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette; a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

jenny collapse: United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)

derrick collapse: a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom; a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

womanish collapse: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"

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