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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"

ribbon collapse: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming; a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter; any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

thatch collapse: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw); hair resembling thatched roofing material; plant stalks used as roofing material; cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"

overhaul collapse: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"; make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

masonry collapse: the craft of a mason; structure built of stone or brick by a mason

rotor collapse: rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"; the rotating armature of a motor or generator; the revolving bar of a distributor

testimonial collapse: of or relating to or constituting testimony; expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner"

mound collapse: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"; (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands; form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"

overpass collapse: bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England"

forearm collapse: the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist; arm in advance of a confrontation

melt collapse: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"; reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

rambler collapse: a person whose speech or writing is not well organized; a person who takes long walks in the country

gadabout collapse: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

escape collapse: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"; a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"; an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"; an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"; the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"; a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild; issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"; run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"; remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

flint collapse: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing; a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River; a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

mallet collapse: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing; a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments; a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball

stand still collapse: remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

swear off collapse: promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

anthropoid collapse: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids; person who resembles a nonhuman primate; resembling human beings; resembling apes

elope collapse: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

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