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butter collapse: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use; a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head; spread butter on; "butter bread"

twisting collapse

swan song collapse: a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

termination collapse: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"; a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

consolation collapse: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"; the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"

tirade collapse: a speech of violent denunciation

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

peroration collapse: (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"; a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

pervert collapse: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

finale collapse: the concluding part of any performance; the closing section of a musical composition

supplement collapse: a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency); add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet"; serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

anagram collapse: a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase; read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

read the riot act collapse

set out collapse

quarrel collapse: an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges; an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"; have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

appendix collapse: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch; supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

incantation collapse: a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

openness collapse: characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive; without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of the prairies"

suck dry collapse

fluency collapse: the quality of being facile in speech and writing; skillfulness in speaking or writing

mishandle collapse

slanting collapse

locution collapse

eschatology collapse: the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world

back matter collapse: written matter following the main text of a book

chew the fat collapse: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

error collapse: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; departure from what is ethically acceptable; a misconception resulting from incorrect information; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

weasel word collapse: an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

reprove collapse

Parthian shot collapse

bewail collapse

repine collapse: express discontent

chide collapse

good bye collapse

parrying collapse

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