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brooch collapse: a decorative pin worn by women; fasten with or as if with a brooch

body count collapse: a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; "the daily body count increased as the war went on"

swim collapse: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

bombing collapse: an attack by dropping bombs; the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

decline collapse: change toward something smaller or lower; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"; inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"; go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"; go down; "The roof declines here"

pry collapse: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"; to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"; make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

reduction collapse: the act of reducing complexity; any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

fob collapse: short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest; an adornment that hangs from a watch chain; a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

smell collapse: the act of perceiving the odor of something; the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents; the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"; emit an odor; "The soup smells good"; smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"; inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

cozen collapse: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"; act with artful deceit

radiologist collapse: a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease

rook collapse: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

apple polisher collapse: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

handshake collapse: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

public house collapse: tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

muster roll collapse: a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company

rubberneck collapse: a person who stares inquisitively; strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"

opposite collapse: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"; altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade; the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"; being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"; moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

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