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aplomb
collapse
great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
related words >
assurance
,
balance
,
balanced personality
,
composure
,
confidence
,
constancy
,
constraint
,
control
,
cool
,
coolness
,
discipline
,
ease
,
easiness
,
equability
,
equanimity
,
equilibrium
,
erectness
,
fastness
,
firmness
,
homeostasis
,
imperturbability
,
independence
,
invariability
,
level head
,
levelheadedness
,
nerve
,
nonchalance
,
orthogonality
,
perpendicularity
,
plumbness
,
plungingness
,
poise
,
possession
,
precipitousness
,
presence of mind
,
reliability
,
restraint
,
right-angledness
,
right-angularity
,
rootedness
,
sang-froid
,
sangfroid
,
savoir faire
,
secureness
,
security
,
self-assurance
,
self-command
,
self-confidence
,
self-conquest
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-discipline
,
self-government
,
self-mastery
,
self-possession
,
self-restraint
,
sheerness
,
solidity
,
soundness
,
squareness
,
stability
,
stable equilibrium
,
stable state
,
steadfastness
,
steadiness
,
steady nerves
,
steady state
,
steepness
,
substantiality
,
undeflectability
,
uniformity
,
unshakable nerves
,
unshakableness
,
up-and-downness
,
uprightness
,
verticalism
,
verticality
,
verticalness
,
well-regulated mind
oppression
collapse
the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
a feeling of being oppressed
the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
related words >
McCarthyism
,
Schmerz
,
Slough of Despond
,
abuse
,
affliction
,
airlessness
,
anguish
,
argumentum baculinum
,
bale
,
big stick
,
bitter cup
,
bitter draft
,
bitter draught
,
bitter pill
,
blank despondency
,
burden
,
burden of care
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
cankerworm of care
,
care
,
cargo
,
charge
,
charging
,
closeness
,
cross
,
crown of thorns
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
curse
,
deadweight
,
death wish
,
dejectedness
,
dejection
,
depression
,
despair
,
despondency
,
despondentness
,
despotism
,
discouragement
,
disheartenment
,
dispiritedness
,
distress
,
domination
,
domineering
,
down trip
,
downcastness
,
downer
,
downheartedness
,
drag
,
drooping spirits
,
encumbrance
,
enslavement
,
fascism
,
freight
,
gall
,
gall and wormwood
,
grievance
,
handicap
,
harassment
,
hardship
,
harrying
,
heartlessness
,
heavy hand
,
high hand
,
hopelessness
,
hounding
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
infliction
,
injury
,
injustice
,
iron boot
,
iron hand
,
iron heel
,
lading
,
load
,
loading
,
low spirits
,
lowness
,
lowness of spirit
,
malaise
,
maltreatment
,
millstone
,
oppressiveness
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
pack of troubles
,
pain
,
peck of troubles
,
persecution
,
pessimism
,
pressure
,
red-baiting
,
reign of terror
,
repression
,
saddling
,
sea of troubles
,
self-destructive urge
,
sinking heart
,
sorrow
,
spiritlessness
,
stuffiness
,
subjection
,
subjugation
,
suicidal despair
,
superincumbency
,
suppression
,
surcharge
,
taedium vitae
,
taxing
,
terrorism
,
thorn
,
thought control
,
torment
,
tormenting
,
torture
,
trouble
,
tyranny
,
victimization
,
waters of bitterness
,
weariness of life
,
weight
,
witch-hunt
,
witch-hunting
,
woe
oversee
collapse
watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
related words >
administer
,
boss
,
chaperon
,
control
,
direct
,
handle
,
keep in order
,
manage
,
manipulate
,
operate
,
overlook
,
quarterback
,
ride herd on
,
run
,
stand over
,
superintend
,
supervise
,
survey
,
take care of
,
watch over
pragmatism
collapse
(philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
related words >
Marxism
,
R and D
,
animalism
,
atomism
,
behaviorism
,
commonsense realism
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
dialectical materialism
,
down-to-earthness
,
earthiness
,
earthliness
,
empiricism
,
epiphenomenalism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
freedom from illusion
,
functional design
,
functional furniture
,
functionalism
,
hardheadedness
,
historical materialism
,
hit and miss
,
hylomorphism
,
hylotheism
,
hylozoism
,
lack of feelings
,
materialism
,
matter-of-factness
,
mechanism
,
natural realism
,
naturalism
,
new realism
,
noble experiment
,
physicalism
,
physicism
,
positive philosophy
,
positivism
,
practical-mindedness
,
practicality
,
practicalness
,
pragmaticism
,
rationality
,
realism
,
reasonableness
,
representative realism
,
research and development
,
rule of thumb
,
saneness
,
scientism
,
secularism
,
sensibleness
,
sober-mindedness
,
substantialism
,
temporality
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trying
,
unidealism
,
unromanticalness
,
unsentimentality
,
utilitarianism
,
worldliness
abnegation
collapse
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"
related words >
abstinence
,
calm
,
calmness
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
contradiction
,
control
,
cool
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
disobedience
,
dispassion
,
dissent
,
evenness
,
forbearance
,
frugality
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
holding back
,
impartiality
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
lenity
,
meden agan
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
nay
,
naysaying
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
negative attitude
,
negativeness
,
negativism
,
negativity
,
neutrality
,
nix
,
no
,
nonacceptance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonobservance
,
nonviolence
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
prudence
,
recantation
,
refusal
,
rejection
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
repose
,
repudiation
,
restraint
,
retention
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-discipline
,
self-mastery
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
soberness
,
sobriety
,
sophrosyne
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
thumbs-down
,
tranquillity
,
turndown
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
unwillingness
,
via media
,
withholding
rail at
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
bark at
,
barrack
,
berate
,
betongue
,
blacken
,
chaff
,
cut at
,
dig at
,
dump on
,
execrate
,
fleer
,
flout
,
fulminate against
,
gibe
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jaw
,
jeer
,
load with reproaches
,
mock
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
put down
,
rag
,
rally
,
rank out
,
rate
,
rave against
,
revile
,
scoff
,
scout
,
slam
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
thunder against
,
tongue-lash
,
twit
,
vilify
,
vituperate
,
yell at
,
yelp at
injunction
collapse
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
a formal command or admonition
related words >
Eighteenth Amendment
,
Prohibition Party
,
Volstead Act
,
admonition
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
ban
,
bar
,
barring
,
behest
,
bench warrant
,
bidding
,
blockade
,
boycott
,
capias
,
caveat
,
charge
,
check
,
circumscription
,
command
,
commission
,
constraint
,
contraband
,
control
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curb
,
curtailment
,
death warrant
,
debarment
,
debarring
,
deceleration
,
demarcation
,
denial
,
dictate
,
direction
,
directive
,
disallowance
,
embargo
,
exception
,
exclusion
,
exhortation
,
fieri facias
,
forbiddance
,
forbidden fruit
,
forbidding
,
habere facias possessionem
,
hindrance
,
inadmissibility
,
index
,
index expurgatorius
,
index librorum prohibitorum
,
inhibition
,
instruction
,
interdict
,
interdiction
,
interdictum
,
law
,
legal restraint
,
lockout
,
mandamus
,
mandate
,
mandatory injunction
,
mittimus
,
monopoly
,
narrowing
,
nisi prius
,
no-no
,
nonadmission
,
notice
,
notification
,
omission
,
order
,
precept
,
preclusion
,
prescript
,
prescription
,
prevention
,
process
,
prohibition
,
prohibitory injunction
,
proscription
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
rationing
,
refusal
,
rein
,
rejection
,
relegation
,
repression
,
repudiation
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
restriction
,
restrictive covenants
,
retardation
,
retrenchment
,
ruling
,
ruling out
,
search warrant
,
self-control
,
slowing down
,
statute
,
sumptuary laws
,
suppression
,
taboo
,
tariff wall
,
teaching
,
thought control
,
warning
,
warrant
,
warrant of arrest
,
warrant of attorney
,
word
,
writ
,
zoning
,
zoning laws
mechanism
collapse
the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"
device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection"
the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
related words >
Charlie McCarthy
,
Marxism
,
action
,
agency
,
agent
,
ancilla
,
animalism
,
apparatus
,
appliance
,
approach
,
arrangement
,
art
,
atomism
,
automatic switch
,
behaviorism
,
channel selector
,
check valve
,
clockworks
,
commonsense realism
,
contour follower
,
contrivance
,
control valve
,
convenience
,
craft
,
creature
,
device
,
dialectical materialism
,
drive
,
drive train
,
dummy
,
dupe
,
earthliness
,
electronic control
,
emergency control
,
empiricism
,
engine
,
enginery
,
epiphenomenalism
,
expedient
,
facility
,
finder switch
,
fixture
,
flowmanostat
,
gear
,
go-between
,
going between
,
handmaid
,
handmaiden
,
historical materialism
,
hylomorphism
,
hylotheism
,
hylozoism
,
implement
,
innards
,
instrument
,
instrumentality
,
interagent
,
intermediary
,
intermediate
,
intermediation
,
intermedium
,
internal selector
,
lever
,
machine
,
machinery
,
materialism
,
means
,
mechanical aid
,
mechanical device
,
mechanics
,
mediation
,
mediator
,
medium
,
method
,
midwife
,
minion
,
monism
,
motion
,
motive power
,
motor
,
movement
,
movements
,
natural realism
,
naturalism
,
new realism
,
organ
,
organization
,
pawn
,
physicalism
,
physicism
,
plaything
,
positive philosophy
,
positivism
,
power plant
,
power source
,
power train
,
pragmaticism
,
pragmatism
,
procedure
,
process
,
puppet
,
realism
,
recourse
,
rectifier
,
register regulator
,
representative realism
,
resort
,
safety control
,
safety fuse
,
safety stop
,
safety switch
,
safety valve
,
science
,
secularism
,
selector switch
,
sequence switch
,
servant
,
service
,
servo valve
,
servomechanism
,
skill
,
slave
,
stooge
,
structure
,
substantialism
,
system
,
technic
,
technical know-how
,
technical knowledge
,
technical skill
,
technics
,
technique
,
technology
,
temporality
,
thermoswitch
,
timer
,
tool
,
toy
,
utility
,
vehicle
,
voltage regulator
,
voltage stabilizer
,
watchworks
,
way
,
wheels
,
wheels within wheels
,
workings
,
works
,
worldliness
empiricism
collapse
the application of empirical methods in any art or science
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
related words >
Christian ethics
,
Marxism
,
R and D
,
Stoicism
,
altruistic ethics
,
animalism
,
aretaics
,
atomism
,
behaviorism
,
casuistry
,
categorical imperative
,
commonsense realism
,
comparative ethics
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
deontology
,
dialectical materialism
,
earthliness
,
egoistic ethics
,
epiphenomenalism
,
ethical formalism
,
ethical philosophy
,
ethology
,
ethonomics
,
eudaemonics
,
evolutionism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
golden rule
,
hedonism
,
historical materialism
,
hit and miss
,
hylomorphism
,
hylotheism
,
hylozoism
,
intuitionism
,
materialism
,
mechanism
,
moral philosophy
,
natural realism
,
naturalism
,
new realism
,
noble experiment
,
perfectionism
,
physicalism
,
physicism
,
positive philosophy
,
positivism
,
pragmaticism
,
pragmatism
,
realism
,
representative realism
,
research and development
,
rule of thumb
,
secularism
,
situation ethics
,
substantialism
,
temporality
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trying
,
utilitarianism
,
worldliness
under control
collapse
related words >
arrested
,
bridled
,
constrained
,
controlled
,
curbed
,
guarded
,
in check
,
in hand
,
in leading strings
,
in remission
,
inhibited
,
on leash
,
pent-up
,
restrained
,
retarded
,
slowed down
,
under discipline
,
under restraint
,
well in hand
pack away
collapse
related words >
bag
,
bank
,
barrel
,
bottle
,
box
,
bundle away
,
burden
,
cache
,
can
,
coffer
,
crate
,
deposit
,
file
,
fill
,
freight
,
heap
,
heap up
,
hutch
,
lade
,
lay away
,
lay down
,
lay in
,
lay in store
,
load
,
lodge
,
mass
,
pack
,
pile
,
pocket
,
put away
,
reposit
,
reservoir
,
sack
,
salt away
,
salt down
,
ship
,
stack
,
stash
,
store
,
store away
,
stow
,
stow away
,
stow down
,
warehouse
ram in
collapse
related words >
brim
,
charge
,
chock
,
congest
,
cram
,
cram in
,
crowd
,
crowd in
,
drive in
,
fill
,
fill to overflowing
,
fill up
,
force in
,
freight
,
impact
,
jam
,
jam in
,
jam-pack
,
knock in
,
lade
,
load
,
overfill
,
pack
,
pack in
,
pad
,
plunge in
,
poke in
,
pound in
,
press in
,
push in
,
run in
,
satiate
,
saturate
,
squeeze in
,
stuff
,
stuff in
,
supercharge
,
surfeit
,
tamp in
,
thrust in
,
top off
,
wad
,
wedge in
,
weight
family planning
collapse
related words >
aridity
,
barrenness
,
birth control
,
contraception
,
dearth
,
dry womb
,
dryness
,
famine
,
impotence
,
ineffectualness
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
planned parenthood
,
sterileness
,
sterility
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
unproductiveness
,
withered loins
contraception
collapse
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
related words >
aridity
,
barrenness
,
birth control
,
dearth
,
dry womb
,
dryness
,
family planning
,
famine
,
impotence
,
ineffectualness
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
planned parenthood
,
sterileness
,
sterility
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
unproductiveness
,
withered loins
weigh down
collapse
be oppressive or disheartening to
related words >
ballast
,
bear hard upon
,
burden
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cumber
,
embarrass
,
encumber
,
enmesh
,
ensnarl
,
entangle
,
entoil
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
entwine
,
fetter
,
go hard with
,
go ill with
,
hamper
,
hamstring
,
handicap
,
hobble
,
impede
,
involve
,
lame
,
lead
,
lie on
,
lime
,
load
,
lumber
,
net
,
oppress
,
overburden
,
overload
,
press
,
press down
,
sadden
,
saddle with
,
sandbag
,
shackle
,
snarl
,
tangle
,
toil
,
trammel
,
try one
,
weigh heavy on
,
weigh on
,
weigh upon
,
weight
,
weight down
gun for
collapse
related words >
angle for
,
ask for
,
beat about for
,
charge
,
cock
,
delve for
,
detonate
,
dig for
,
discharge
,
drop
,
eject
,
fell
,
fire
,
fire off
,
fish for
,
follow
,
go gunning for
,
gun
,
hit
,
hunt
,
hunt for
,
hunt up
,
let fly
,
let off
,
load
,
look
,
look for
,
look up
,
pelt
,
pepper
,
pick off
,
pistol
,
plug
,
pot
,
potshoot
,
potshot
,
prime
,
prowl after
,
pursue
,
quest
,
riddle
,
search for
,
see to
,
seek
,
seek for
,
shoot
,
shoot at
,
shoot down
,
snipe
,
still-hunt
,
strike
,
take a potshot
,
torpedo
,
try to find
unpack
collapse
remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
related words >
bare
,
break bulk
,
break the seal
,
bring to light
,
develop
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disclose
,
discover
,
dismask
,
draw the veil
,
dump
,
expose
,
impart
,
lay bare
,
lay open
,
let daylight in
,
let out
,
manifest
,
off-load
,
open
,
open up
,
raise the curtain
,
reveal
,
show
,
show up
,
strip bare
,
unburden
,
uncloak
,
uncover
,
undrape
,
unfold
,
unfurl
,
unkennel
,
unlade
,
unload
,
unmask
,
unroll
,
unscreen
,
unsheathe
,
unship
,
unshroud
,
unveil
,
unwrap
airburst
collapse
an explosion in the atmosphere
related words >
altitude peak
,
automatic control
,
blast-off
,
burn
,
burnout
,
ceiling
,
descent
,
end of burning
,
flight
,
ignition
,
impact
,
launch
,
lift-off
,
rocket launching
,
shoot
,
shot
,
trajectory
,
velocity peak
juggle
collapse
throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"
throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children"
manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
influence by slyness
related words >
adulterate
,
alter
,
arrange
,
bamboozle
,
beguile
,
betray
,
bluff
,
cajole
,
cheat on
,
circumvent
,
conjure
,
cook
,
delude
,
diddle
,
distort
,
doctor
,
double-cross
,
dupe
,
fake
,
falsify
,
fix
,
forestall
,
gammon
,
get around
,
gull
,
hoax
,
hocus-pocus
,
hornswaggle
,
humbug
,
let down
,
load
,
manipulate
,
mislead
,
misrepresent
,
misstate
,
mock
,
outmaneuver
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
pack
,
pigeon
,
plant
,
play one false
,
put something over
,
retouch
,
rig
,
salt
,
snow
,
sophisticate
,
stack
,
string along
,
take in
,
tamper with
,
trick
,
two-time
chastened
collapse
related words >
broken
,
constrained
,
controlled
,
domesticated
,
dovelike
,
gentle
,
housebroken
,
humble
,
hushed
,
in control
,
in hand
,
lamblike
,
limited
,
meek
,
mild
,
pacific
,
peaceable
,
quelled
,
quiet
,
restrained
,
softened
,
stable
,
subdued
,
tame
,
tamed
,
tempered
bitter pill
collapse
related words >
acerbity
,
acridity
,
acridness
,
affliction
,
astringence
,
astringency
,
bitter cup
,
bitter draft
,
bitter draught
,
bitterness
,
burden
,
burden of care
,
cankerworm of care
,
care
,
causticity
,
cross
,
crown of thorns
,
curse
,
distress
,
encumbrance
,
gall
,
gall and wormwood
,
grievance
,
infliction
,
load
,
oppression
,
pack of troubles
,
peck of troubles
,
pungency
,
sea of troubles
,
sharpness
,
sorrow
,
sourness
,
tartness
,
thorn
,
trouble
,
waters of bitterness
,
weight
,
woe
overfill
collapse
fill beyond capacity; "overfill the baskets"
related words >
allay
,
brim
,
charge
,
chock
,
choke
,
cloy
,
congest
,
cram
,
crowd
,
drench
,
engorge
,
fill
,
fill to overflowing
,
fill up
,
freight
,
glut
,
gluttonize
,
gorge
,
jade
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
lade
,
load
,
overbrim
,
overburden
,
overcharge
,
overdose
,
overfeed
,
overgorge
,
overlade
,
overload
,
overrun
,
oversaturate
,
overstuff
,
overweight
,
pack
,
pad
,
pall
,
ram in
,
run
,
sate
,
satiate
,
satisfy
,
saturate
,
slake
,
soak
,
stuff
,
supercharge
,
supersaturate
,
surcharge
,
surfeit
,
top off
,
wad
,
weight
full house
collapse
a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
related words >
ace
,
bellyful
,
best bower
,
bower
,
bumper
,
capacity
,
cards
,
charge
,
clubs
,
complement
,
cram
,
crush
,
deck
,
deuce
,
diamonds
,
dummy
,
face cards
,
fill
,
flush
,
full measure
,
hand
,
hearts
,
jack
,
jam up
,
joker
,
king
,
knave
,
lading
,
left bower
,
load
,
mouthful
,
pack
,
pair
,
picture cards
,
playing cards
,
queen
,
round
,
royal flush
,
rubber
,
ruff
,
singleton
,
skinful
,
snootful
,
spades
,
straight
,
trey
,
trick
,
trump
insuppressible
collapse
related words >
beyond control
,
breachy
,
contumacious
,
defiant
,
fractious
,
incorrigible
,
indocile
,
indomitable
,
intractable
,
irrepressible
,
obstreperous
,
out of hand
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
resistant
,
resisting
,
restive
,
shrewish
,
unbiddable
,
uncontrollable
,
ungovernable
,
unmalleable
,
unmanageable
,
unmoldable
,
unruly
,
unsubmissive
,
wild
beyond control
collapse
related words >
breachy
,
contumacious
,
defiant
,
fractious
,
incorrigible
,
indocile
,
indomitable
,
insuppressible
,
intractable
,
irrepressible
,
obstreperous
,
out of hand
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
resistant
,
resisting
,
restive
,
shrewish
,
unbiddable
,
uncontrollable
,
ungovernable
,
unmalleable
,
unmanageable
,
unmoldable
,
unruly
,
unsubmissive
,
wild
overburden
collapse
the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
burden with too much work or responsibility
load with excessive weight
related words >
bear hard upon
,
burden
,
burthen
,
charge
,
choke
,
congest
,
cram
,
crowd
,
cumber
,
drench
,
encumber
,
freight
,
glut
,
gluttonize
,
go hard with
,
go ill with
,
gorge
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
lade
,
lie on
,
load
,
oppress
,
overcharge
,
overfeed
,
overfill
,
overlade
,
overload
,
overstuff
,
overtax
,
overweigh
,
overweight
,
pack
,
press hard upon
,
rest hard upon
,
saddle
,
satiate
,
saturate
,
soak
,
stuff
,
supercharge
,
supersaturate
,
surcharge
,
surfeit
,
tax
,
try one
,
weigh down
,
weigh heavy on
,
weigh on
,
weigh upon
detonate
collapse
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
related words >
backfire
,
bang
,
bark
,
blast
,
blow out
,
blow up
,
burst
,
bust
,
charge
,
coal
,
cock
,
crack
,
discharge
,
drop
,
eject
,
explode
,
feed
,
fell
,
fill up
,
fire
,
fire off
,
fuel
,
fuel up
,
fulminate
,
go off
,
gun
,
gun for
,
hit
,
let fly
,
let off
,
load
,
mushroom
,
oil
,
pelt
,
pepper
,
pick off
,
pistol
,
plug
,
pop
,
pot
,
potshoot
,
potshot
,
prime
,
refuel
,
riddle
,
set off
,
shoot
,
shoot at
,
shoot down
,
snipe
,
stoke
,
strike
,
take a potshot
,
top off
,
torpedo
,
touch off
joint control
collapse
related words >
association
,
cochairmanship
,
complicity
,
condominium
,
contribution
,
copartnership
,
copartnery
,
cotenancy
,
engagement
,
having a part
,
involvement
,
joint chairmanship
,
joint ownership
,
joint tenancy
,
partaking
,
participation
,
partnership
,
sharing
,
suffrage
,
voting
joint ownership
collapse
related words >
association
,
cochairmanship
,
complicity
,
condominium
,
contribution
,
copartnership
,
copartnery
,
cotenancy
,
engagement
,
having a part
,
involvement
,
joint chairmanship
,
joint control
,
joint tenancy
,
partaking
,
participation
,
partnership
,
sharing
,
suffrage
,
voting
birth control
collapse
limiting the number of children born
related words >
aridity
,
barrenness
,
contraception
,
dearth
,
dry womb
,
dryness
,
family planning
,
famine
,
impotence
,
ineffectualness
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
planned parenthood
,
rhythm method
,
sterileness
,
sterility
,
the pill
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
unproductiveness
,
vasectomy
,
withered loins
untamable
collapse
related words >
beyond control
,
breachy
,
contumacious
,
defiant
,
fractious
,
incorrigible
,
indocile
,
indomitable
,
insuppressible
,
intractable
,
irrepressible
,
obstreperous
,
out of hand
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
resistant
,
resisting
,
restive
,
shrewish
,
unbiddable
,
uncontrollable
,
ungovernable
,
unmalleable
,
unmanageable
,
unmoldable
,
unruly
,
unsubmissive
,
wild
pacifism
collapse
the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
related words >
a wise passiveness
,
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
calm
,
calmness
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
contemplation
,
contemplative life
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
dispassion
,
do-nothing policy
,
do-nothingism
,
do-nothingness
,
dormancy
,
evenness
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
idleness
,
immobility
,
impartiality
,
inaction
,
inactivity
,
indolence
,
inertia
,
inertness
,
irenicism
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
lenity
,
meden agan
,
meditation
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
neutralness
,
noninvolvement
,
nonparticipation
,
nonresistance
,
nonviolence
,
nonviolent resistance
,
nothing in excess
,
paralysis
,
passive resistance
,
passive self-annihilation
,
passiveness
,
passivism
,
passivity
,
peaceableness
,
peaceful coexistence
,
policy
,
procrastination
,
prudence
,
quiescence
,
quietism
,
repose
,
restraint
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
sobriety
,
stability
,
stagnancy
,
stagnation
,
standpattism
,
stasis
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
unpugnaciousness
,
vegetation
,
via media
,
vita contemplativa
,
waiting game
,
watching and waiting
nonviolence
collapse
related words >
a wise passiveness
,
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
calm
,
calmness
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
contemplation
,
contemplative life
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
dispassion
,
do-nothing policy
,
do-nothingism
,
do-nothingness
,
dormancy
,
evenness
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
idleness
,
immobility
,
impartiality
,
inaction
,
inactivity
,
indolence
,
inertia
,
inertness
,
irenicism
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
lenity
,
meden agan
,
meditation
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
neutralness
,
noninvolvement
,
nonparticipation
,
nonresistance
,
nonviolent resistance
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
paralysis
,
passive resistance
,
passive self-annihilation
,
passiveness
,
passivism
,
passivity
,
peaceableness
,
peaceful coexistence
,
policy
,
procrastination
,
prudence
,
quiescence
,
quietism
,
repose
,
restraint
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
sobriety
,
stability
,
stagnancy
,
stagnation
,
standpattism
,
stasis
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
unpugnaciousness
,
vegetation
,
via media
,
vita contemplativa
,
waiting game
,
watching and waiting
hold back
collapse
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
arrest
,
avoid
,
avoid excess
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
begrudge
,
bit
,
block
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
bridle
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
close the hand
,
confine
,
conserve
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
curtail
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
dompt
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat sparingly
,
eat to live
,
enjoin
,
eschew
,
exercise self-control
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
govern
,
grudge
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold aloof from
,
hold at bay
,
hold down
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold off
,
hold out on
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep in hand
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
keep out
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
keep within compass
,
keep within limits
,
lag
,
lay by
,
lay under restraint
,
let alone
,
let down
,
let go by
,
let up
,
live plainly
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
meddle
,
moderate
,
mortify the flesh
,
never touch
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
pass up
,
preserve
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put by
,
reef
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
reserve
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
save
,
save up
,
scotch
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
shun
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
snub
,
spare
,
stand aloof from
,
stay
,
stop
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
waive
,
withhold
mouthful
collapse
the quantity that can be held in the mouth
related words >
bellyful
,
bit
,
bite
,
bolus
,
bumper
,
capacity
,
champ
,
charge
,
chaw
,
chew
,
chomp
,
chunk
,
complement
,
cram
,
crush
,
cud
,
fill
,
full house
,
full measure
,
gnash
,
gob
,
hard words
,
high-sounding words
,
hunk
,
jam up
,
jawbreaker
,
jawtwister
,
lading
,
lexiphanicism
,
load
,
long word
,
lump
,
morsel
,
munch
,
nibble
,
nip
,
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
,
polysyllabism
,
quid
,
sesquipedalian word
,
sesquipedalianism
,
sesquipedality
,
skinful
,
snap
,
snootful
,
spoonful
,
swallow
,
technical jargon
,
two-dollar word
millstone
collapse
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
any load that is difficult to carry
related words >
bale
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
cargo
,
charge
,
charging
,
cheese grater
,
comminutor
,
crusher
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
deadweight
,
drag
,
duty
,
encumbrance
,
freight
,
granulator
,
grater
,
grinder
,
handicap
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
kominuter
,
lading
,
levigator
,
load
,
loading
,
masher
,
mill
,
mortar and pestle
,
nutmeg grater
,
onus
,
oppression
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
pestle
,
pressure
,
pulverizer
,
quern
,
quernstone
,
rock crusher
,
roller
,
saddling
,
shredder
,
steamroller
,
superincumbency
,
surcharge
,
task
,
tax
,
taxing
,
triturator
,
weight
ungovernable
collapse
related words >
beyond control
,
breachy
,
contumacious
,
defiant
,
disobedient
,
fractious
,
incorrigible
,
indocile
,
indomitable
,
insuppressible
,
intractable
,
irrepressible
,
obstreperous
,
out of hand
,
rebellious
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
resistant
,
resisting
,
restive
,
shrewish
,
unbiddable
,
uncontrollable
,
unmalleable
,
unmanageable
,
unmoldable
,
unruly
,
unsubmissive
,
wild
linear
collapse
of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement"
designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot"
of a leaf shape; long and narrow
related words >
Plimsoll line
,
Plimsoll mark
,
arrowlike
,
catenary
,
consecutive
,
dead straight
,
direct
,
even
,
flat
,
high-water mark
,
horizontal
,
in a line
,
level
,
lineal
,
load waterline
,
ordinal
,
progressive
,
rectilineal
,
rectilinear
,
right
,
ruler-straight
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
serial
,
seriate
,
smooth
,
straight
,
straight-cut
,
straight-front
,
straight-side
,
streamlined
,
successional
,
successive
,
tidemark
,
true
,
unbending
,
unbent
,
unbowed
,
unbroken
,
uncurved
,
undeflected
,
undeviating
,
undistorted
,
uninterrupted
,
unswerving
,
unturned
,
upright
,
vertical
,
waterline
,
watermark
get hold of
collapse
related words >
abduct
,
absorb
,
annex
,
appreciate
,
apprehend
,
ascertain
,
assimilate
,
be informed
,
be with one
,
become acquainted with
,
broaden the mind
,
carry off
,
catch
,
catch on
,
comprehend
,
conceive
,
cram the mind
,
determine
,
dig
,
digest
,
discover
,
fathom
,
find
,
find out
,
find out about
,
follow
,
gain knowledge
,
get
,
get at
,
get the drift
,
get the idea
,
get the picture
,
glom on to
,
grab
,
grasp
,
have
,
have it taped
,
ken
,
kidnap
,
know
,
lay hands on
,
learn
,
learn about
,
load the mind
,
master
,
pick up information
,
read
,
realize
,
savvy
,
seize
,
seize the meaning
,
sense
,
shanghai
,
take
,
take in
,
take over
,
take possession
,
take up
,
throttle
,
understand
retardation
collapse
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
the extent to which something is delayed or held back
related words >
afterthought
,
amentia
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
arrested development
,
arrestment
,
backwardness
,
bind
,
blithering idiocy
,
block
,
blockage
,
blocking
,
bureaucratic delay
,
check
,
clogging
,
closing up
,
closure
,
constraint
,
constriction
,
control
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
cramp
,
cretinism
,
curb
,
curtailment
,
deceleration
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
detainment
,
drag
,
dragging
,
ease-off
,
ease-up
,
fixation
,
flagging
,
foot-dragging
,
half-wittedness
,
halt
,
hampering
,
hang-up
,
hindering
,
hindrance
,
holdback
,
holdup
,
idiocy
,
idiotism
,
imbecility
,
impediment
,
infantilism
,
inhibition
,
injunction
,
insanity
,
interdict
,
interference
,
interim
,
interruption
,
jam
,
lag
,
lagging
,
legal restraint
,
let
,
letdown
,
letup
,
logjam
,
mental defectiveness
,
mental deficiency
,
mental handicap
,
mental retardation
,
minus acceleration
,
mongolianism
,
mongolism
,
mongoloid idiocy
,
monopoly
,
moratorium
,
moronism
,
moronity
,
negativism
,
nuisance value
,
obstruction
,
obstructionism
,
occlusion
,
opposition
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
profound idiocy
,
prohibition
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
rationing
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
rein
,
repression
,
reprieve
,
resistance
,
respite
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
restriction
,
retardance
,
retardment
,
retrenchment
,
self-control
,
setback
,
simple-wittedness
,
simplemindedness
,
simpleness
,
simplicity
,
slack-up
,
slackening
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowing
,
slowing down
,
slowness
,
slowup
,
squeeze
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
stranglehold
,
stricture
,
subnormality
,
suppression
,
suspension
,
tariff wall
,
thought control
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
wait
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