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opposition collapse: a body of people united in opposing something; the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"; a contestant that you are matched against; a direction opposite to another; the relation between opposed entities

regularity collapse: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"; a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

collision collapse: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

equilibrium collapse: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head; a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

harmful collapse: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"; able or likely to do harm

offset collapse: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper; produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"; create an offset in; "offset a wall"; cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface; compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

tidewater collapse: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia; low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

antagonism collapse: (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility; the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

reverse collapse: (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction; the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed; the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design; an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating; a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"; of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear"

keeping collapse: conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

hostility collapse: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"; the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"; a state of deep-seated ill-will

disagree collapse: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"; be different from one another

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

oppose collapse: be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"; be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"; oppose with equal weight or force

antipathy collapse: the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"; a feeling of intense dislike

troublesome collapse: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

contradiction collapse: the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"; (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"; opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

rather collapse: to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"; on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

refractory collapse: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"; not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

antagonist collapse: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug; a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"

inconsistency collapse: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

incompatible collapse: not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"; incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification; used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

clashing collapse: sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"

consistency collapse: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts; (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another; the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"; logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"

conjugation collapse: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms; the complete set of inflected forms of a verb; the inflection of verbs

fractious collapse: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"; stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

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