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swallow up collapse

depredate collapse

decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

Death Valley collapse: a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America

karroo collapse

Sahara collapse: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa

barrens collapse

salt away collapse

vaporize collapse

engorge collapse

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

dribble away collapse

emaciate collapse: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

wreak havoc collapse

bump off collapse

lay in collapse

gun down collapse: strike down or shoot down

lay away collapse

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

expend collapse

reposit collapse: put (something) in a place for storage; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum"

lay into collapse

squander collapse

upheave collapse: lift forcefully from beneath

wasteland collapse

pillage collapse

zap collapse: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"; kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"; strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

scrap iron collapse: iron to be melted again and reworked

stow away collapse: hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation; "The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

effluent collapse: water mixed with waste matter; that is flowing outward

go up in smoke collapse

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