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mousetrap collapse: (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated; a trap for catching mice

dispersed collapse: distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

terminus collapse: either end of a railroad or bus route; (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

fault collapse: (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"; responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"; (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

sloppy collapse: lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"; wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"

flaw collapse: defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"; add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

set off collapse: set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"

celebrated collapse: having an illustrious past; widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

virgin collapse: a person who has never had sex; being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"

indeterminate collapse: not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign"; not capable of being determined; "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"; not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"; having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem"; of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"

let alone collapse: much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal"

quail collapse: small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

stay up collapse: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"

celebrate collapse: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

skirt collapse: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women; cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist; pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"; form the edge of

devalue collapse: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"; remove the value from; deprive of its value

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