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disbar collapse: remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

extrusion collapse: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

all over collapse: over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "she ached all over"; "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"

downhill collapse: a ski race down a trail; the downward slope of a hill; toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"; toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"

deprive collapse: take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

rebound collapse: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"

reject collapse: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"; reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"; refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

bounce collapse: the quality of a substance that is able to rebound; rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts); hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"; eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"; spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"; move up and down repeatedly; leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"; refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"; come back after being refused; "the check bounced"

cashier collapse: a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant); discharge with dishonor, as in the army; discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this word"

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

pension off collapse: let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"

displace collapse: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"; take the place of; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

remove collapse: degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"; get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"; shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"; remove from a position or an office

furlough collapse: a temporary leave of absence from military duty; grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"; dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

evict collapse: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"; expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."

superannuate collapse: retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity; become obsolete; declare to be obsolete; retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

chuck collapse: a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill; the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade; pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin; throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"; throw away; "Chuck these old notes"

put out collapse: retire; "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"; cause to be out on a fielding play; put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers"; be sexually active; "She is supposed to put out"

croak collapse: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog); utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

spirituous collapse: containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous beverages"; "spirituous liquors"

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