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reef collapse: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef; roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area; lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

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

fail collapse: get worse; "Her health is declining"; stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"; prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"; disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"; become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"; fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"; fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"; judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"; be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"; fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"; be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

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

despair collapse: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

unburden collapse: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"; free or relieve (someone) of a burden

neglect collapse: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"; leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"; fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"; give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

slacken collapse: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness; become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

relax collapse: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"; become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"; make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"; become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"; make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"; become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"

falter collapse: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

horripilate collapse: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"; have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

putter collapse: the iron normally used on the putting green; a golfer who is putting; move around aimlessly; do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

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