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desideratum collapse: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

in practice collapse: in practical applications; "will this work in practice?"

tamp collapse: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

operating collapse: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

freewheeling collapse: free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"

placation collapse: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

vehemence collapse: intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"

productiveness collapse: the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

army collapse: a large number of people united for some specific purpose; a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

compel collapse: force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

rank and file collapse: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"; people who constitute the main body of any group

adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

unit collapse: a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"; an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"; a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"; an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"

evict collapse: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"; expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."

unabated collapse: continuing at full strength or intensity; "the winds are unabated"; "the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated"

facade collapse: the face or front of a building; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

superiority collapse: the quality of being superior; displaying a sense of being better than others; "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension"; the quality of being a competitive advantage

act of God collapse: a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"

obligate collapse: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen"; commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

second nature collapse: acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate

mulch collapse: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion; cover with mulch; "mulch the flowerbeds"

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