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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"

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"

extrude collapse: form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"

smirk collapse: a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure; smile affectedly or derisively

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."

pencil collapse: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood; a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"; a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point; graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"; write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"

beam collapse: long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction; (nautical) breadth amidships; a column of light (as from a beacon); a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation; smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression; express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval"

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

turn out collapse: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"; produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"; turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"; outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"; come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"; result or end; "How will the game turn out?"; prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"

temple collapse: place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity; an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes; the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"

treadle collapse: operate (machinery) by a treadle; tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"

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"

replace collapse: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"; put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

send collapse: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"; to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"; cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

jettison collapse: throw as from an airplane; throw away, of something encumbering

ennoble collapse: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility; confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"

firewood collapse: wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood"

on the other hand collapse: (contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go"

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