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vendetta collapse: a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

litigation collapse: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

rebuttal collapse: the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

incident collapse: a single distinct event; a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"; falling or striking of light rays on something; "incident light"

summation collapse: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"; a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court); (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

equation collapse: the act of regarding as equal; a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

pro collapse: an argument in favor of a proposal; in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote"; favoring a proposition, opinion, etc.;

refutation collapse: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

polemic collapse: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); of or involving dispute or controversy

atmosphere collapse: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"; the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body; the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"; a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

variance collapse: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"; the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

rhubarb collapse: plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

friction collapse: effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure; the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

controversy collapse: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

episode collapse: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series; a part of a broadcast serial; a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

mood collapse: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

presentation collapse: a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"; the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward); "she gave the trophy but he made the presentation"; (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations"; the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it; "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"; the act of presenting a proposal; formally making a person known to another or to the public

introduction collapse: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"; the first section of a communication; a basic or elementary instructional text; a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"

discussion collapse: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"; an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

apology collapse: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"; an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"; a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

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