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take down collapse: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

submit collapse: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"; submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"; refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"; yield to the control of another

Interpol collapse: an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

siege collapse: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

mythology collapse: the study of myths; myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

Federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

outlaw collapse: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

take five collapse: take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"

grade collapse: a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed; the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"; the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"; a degree of ablaut; a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"; determine the grade of or assign a grade to; assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"; level to the right gradient

besot collapse: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

indispose collapse: cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"; make unwilling

possess collapse: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"; enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

eviscerate collapse: having been disembowelled; take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"; remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

advocate collapse: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court

serenade collapse: a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman; sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"

quid pro quo collapse: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

prosecution collapse: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior; the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

grab collapse: a mechanical device for gripping an object; capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"; take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"; make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"; obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"

hoard collapse: a secret store of valuables or money; save up as for future use

set down collapse: cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"; put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

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