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strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

approach collapse: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"; a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"; ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"; a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"; the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"; the event of one object coming closer to another; make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"; come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"; move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

repudiation collapse: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"; refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"; rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

meeting collapse: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"; a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"; a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

interim collapse: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"; serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"

chimney collapse: a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

consolidation collapse: the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"; combining into a solid mass; something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"

canal collapse: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion; provide (a city) with a canal

distillation collapse: the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

abyss collapse: a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

approximate collapse: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"; very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"; not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"; be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

swash collapse: the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"; make violent, noisy movements

chap collapse: (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs; a crack in a lip caused usually by cold; a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"

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