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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

Pentecost collapse: seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland

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

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

Mardi Gras collapse: a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans; the last day before Lent

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"

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

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"

weir collapse: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow; a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

weather collapse: the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"; sail to the windward of; cause to slope; face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

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"

tidal wave collapse: a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun; an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide; an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime"

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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