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enclave collapse: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

carpet collapse: cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"; cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows"; form a carpet-like cover (over)

fairway collapse: the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short; a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement; the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

beach collapse: an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake; land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

campus collapse: a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

default collapse: loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"; act of failing to meet a financial obligation; fail to pay up

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

give way collapse: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

doormat collapse: a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

site collapse: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"; the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

outfield collapse: the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases

sill collapse: structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure; (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock

fossilize collapse: become mentally inflexible; convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

hamburger collapse: a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

pile up collapse: arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

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