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brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

follow up collapse: increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"

presentment collapse: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative; a document that must be accepted and paid by another person

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

bilabial collapse: a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/; of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips; "bilabial fricatives"

glottal collapse: of or relating to or produced by the glottis; "glottal stops"

palatal collapse: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'); produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin'); relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

alabaster collapse: a very light white; a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving; a hard compact kind of calcite; of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"

goal collapse: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"; game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points; the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"

vowel collapse: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open; a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel

super collapse: including more than a specified category; "a super experiment"; extremely large; "another super skyscraper"; to an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for Mother's visit"

muffle collapse: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

labial collapse: relating to or near the female labium; of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"

premise collapse: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; take something as preexisting and given; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

entertainment collapse: an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

warbler collapse: a small active songbird; a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

understudy collapse: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; be an understudy or alternate for a role

death collapse: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"; the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"; the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"; the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"; the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"; the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

deaden collapse: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil; make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"; become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor; lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"; make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

phone collapse: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

inert collapse: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"; unable to move or resist motion; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

surprise collapse: the act of surprising someone; a sudden unexpected event; the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"; come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

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