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char collapse: any of several small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus; a charred substance; burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"; burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

imprisonment collapse: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

jail collapse: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

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

pass through collapse: cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution"

negotiator collapse: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

give birth collapse: cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"; create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

gauntlet collapse: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim; a glove with long sleeve; a glove of armored leather; protects the hand; to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

compete collapse: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

cardholder collapse: a player who holds a card or cards in a card game; a person who holds a credit card or debit card

gantlet collapse: the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

homework collapse: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

economic collapse: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time"; financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"; concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged"; of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory"; of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life"

cell collapse: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals; a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction; a room where a prisoner is kept; small room is which a monk or nun lives; any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"; a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

economical collapse: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

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