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manacle collapse: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

rent collapse: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"; a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property; let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"; hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

scuttle collapse: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

breach collapse: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation; an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

mesa collapse: a city in Arizona just east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix; flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"

burst collapse: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"; suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"; break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"; break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"; emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"; move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"

plenary collapse: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"

race collapse: a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"; any competition; "the race for the presidency"; people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"; compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"; cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"; to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

wilderness collapse: a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"; a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"; a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War; (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"

movable collapse: capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another; (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)

break in collapse: make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"; break so as to call inward; "He broke in the door"; start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role; intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"; enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

quench collapse: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

dialectic collapse: any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments; a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"; of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method"

accessible collapse: capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail"; easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"; easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money"; capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels"

deltoid collapse: a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm; of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex

champaign collapse: a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

rupture collapse: the act of making a sudden noisy break; a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"; state of being torn or burst open

exhale collapse: expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"; give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"

mortar collapse: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range; a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle; used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"

ventilation collapse: the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air; a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air; "she was continually adjusting the ventilation"

heedful collapse: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

drown collapse: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"; get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"; kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

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