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avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

lap collapse: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"; a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"; the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains"; the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"; an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"; take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"; move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"; lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

buffalo collapse: meat from an American bison; a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls); intimidate or overawe

guidepost collapse: a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

signboard collapse: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards"

arsenic collapse: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar; a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

bilk collapse: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"; cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

trench foot collapse: resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet

jet lag collapse: fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

mercury poisoning collapse: a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death

radiation sickness collapse: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"

herald collapse: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

inverse collapse: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"; reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect; opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"

star collapse: (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior; any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night; an actor who plays a principal role; a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem; mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"; be the star in a performance; feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"

ordering collapse: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

disrupt collapse: throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"

route collapse: divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"; send via a specific route; send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

conduct collapse: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"; lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"; transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"; direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

conquer collapse: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

sunstroke collapse: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

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