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stasis collapse: inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces; an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

dispirited collapse: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"

martyr collapse: one who suffers for the sake of principle; one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion; torture and torment like a martyr; kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

steadfast collapse: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"

focal collapse: having or localized centrally at a focus; "focal point"; "focal infection"; of or relating to a focus; "focal length"

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

happiness collapse: emotions experienced when in a state of well-being; state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

knell collapse: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something; ring as in announcing death

away collapse: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"; used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"; from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"; from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"; out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"; indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"; in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"; in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"; so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"; freely or at will; "fire away!"

pursuit collapse: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"; a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

quicken collapse: show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"; give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

social security collapse: social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance

vegetation collapse: inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"; an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart); all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"; the process of growth in plants

annuity collapse: income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

permanent collapse: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"; not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"

eternity collapse: a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife; time without end; a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)

windy collapse: resembling the wind in speed,force, or variability; "a windy dash home"

substantive collapse: a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun; defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"

prescriptive collapse: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

history collapse: the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"; all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"; a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"; the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"; the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

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