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extort collapse: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"; obtain through intimidation

collectivize collapse: bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises

nationalize collapse: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"; make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"

communize collapse: make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks"; make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government"

logistics collapse: handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

firing line collapse: the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"; the line from which soldiers deliver fire

battlefield collapse: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

prorate collapse: divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"; make a proportional settlement or distribution

hawk collapse: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail; an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations; hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

challenge collapse: a demand by a sentry for a password or identification; questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"; a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror; a call to engage in a contest or fight; a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"; raise a formal objection in a court of law; ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"; issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"; take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

gauntlet collapse: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim; a glove with long sleeve; a glove of armored leather; protects the hand; to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

gantlet collapse: the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

polemic collapse: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); of or involving dispute or controversy

expropriate collapse: deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"

duel collapse: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups); a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor; fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

apologetics collapse: the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines

wrestle collapse: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"; engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"; combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"

hurrah collapse: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah"; shout `hurrah!'

joust collapse: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

clarion collapse: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone; loud and clear; "a clarion call"; proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion; blow the clarion

inductee collapse: a person inducted into an organization; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame"

controversy collapse: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

blackmail collapse: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information; obtain through threats; exert pressure on someone through threats

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