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drumbeat collapse: a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"; (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

paradiddle collapse: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

siding collapse: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass; material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

firepower collapse: (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

millstone collapse: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; any load that is difficult to carry

gunfire collapse: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

pestle collapse: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"

parget collapse: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys; apply ornamental plaster to

rake collapse: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil; a dissolute man in fashionable society; gather with a rake; "rake leaves"; level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"; move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"; sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

plaster collapse: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"; a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings; coat with plaster; "daub the wall"; apply a heavy coat to; apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"; affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"; cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"

anvil collapse: a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

musketry collapse: the technique of using small arms (especially in battle); musketeers and their muskets collectively

pepper collapse: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"; add pepper to; "pepper the soup"

apparatus collapse: equipment designed to serve a specific function; (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

cement collapse: something that hardens to act as adhesive material; a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar; concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool"; any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"; bind or join with or as if with cement; cover or coat with cement

pulsation collapse: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"; a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity

receptacle collapse: a container that is used to put or keep things in; an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert; enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

lathe collapse: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

bamboo curtain collapse: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s

logjam collapse: an immovable mass of logs blocking a river; any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"

ruff collapse: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit; common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

weir collapse: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow; a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

parapet collapse: fortification consisting of a low wall; a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony

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