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disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

polar collapse: having a pair of equal and opposite charges; of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"; located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"

incongruous collapse: lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"

bootleg collapse: the part of a boot above the instep; distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"; produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"; sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"

obverse collapse: the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design; the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; "the obverse of this issue"

unauthorized collapse: not endowed with authority; without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"

abrogation collapse: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

contradictory collapse: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time; unable to be both true at the same time; of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

fallacious collapse: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"; containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

actionable collapse: affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an actionable offense"

impious collapse: lacking piety or reverence for a god; lacking piety and reverence for a god; lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

undercut collapse: a cut made underneath to remove material; a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall; the material removed by a cut made underneath; cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall; strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot; cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore"; cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

hulking collapse: of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

insubordinate collapse: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"

face to face collapse: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

deny collapse: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"; refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"; refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"; deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"; refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

anarchistic collapse: of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism

restrictive collapse: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

cantankerous collapse: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

crosswise collapse: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross; lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"; not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"

invalidate collapse: take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"; show to be invalid; declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

suppressive collapse: tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"

anti collapse: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"; not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

revocation collapse: the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law"; the state of being cancelled or annulled

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