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enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

gun down collapse: strike down or shoot down

unroll collapse

lector collapse: a public lecturer at certain universities; someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

systematize collapse: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

soften up collapse

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

hew collapse: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"; make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

stretch out collapse

propitiate collapse: make peace with

unsheathe collapse: draw from a sheath or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword"

unwrap collapse: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"

depredate collapse

hang fire collapse

go for collapse

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

relinquish collapse

pull down collapse

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

deacon collapse: a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders; a Protestant layman who assists the minister

unveil collapse: remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies"; remove the cover from; "unveil a painting"

lay it on thick collapse

surprise collapse: the act of surprising someone; a sudden unexpected event; the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"; come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

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

monk collapse: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work; United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

lecturer collapse: someone who lectures professionally

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

vaporize collapse

lay off collapse

benumb collapse

swallow up collapse

lay out collapse: provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house"; spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

catechumen collapse: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

lay waste collapse

anesthetize collapse: make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"

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