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clamor collapse: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"; make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"; utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"; compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

nonspecific collapse: not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"

erode collapse: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"; become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

catharsis collapse: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions; purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

run off collapse: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff; leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

immodest collapse: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"

teem collapse: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

fly collapse: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; two-winged insects characterized by active flight; an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth; fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect; (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked; change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"; hit a fly; transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"; be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"; travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"; move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"; travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"; cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"; travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"; fly a plane; pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"; display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

stochastic collapse: being or having a random variable; "a stochastic variable"; "stochastic processes"

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

luxuriate collapse: thrive profusely or flourish extensively; become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

pastiche collapse: a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

ignore collapse: be ignorant of or in the dark about; refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"; fail to notice

scraggly collapse: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"

bedraggled collapse: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"; in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

pass on collapse: give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"

revel collapse: unrestrained merrymaking; celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"

facilitate collapse: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"; increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

sequester collapse: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

tumult collapse: violent agitation; a state of commotion and noise and confusion

ease up collapse: reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"; become less intense

straw collapse: a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth; plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder; of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored; cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"

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