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restrain collapse: hold back; to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"; keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

prison collapse: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment; a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

homestead collapse: dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land; land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law; the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family; settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

tollbooth collapse: a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls

concentration camp collapse: a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions); a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions

chalk collapse: a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces; a pure flat white with little reflectance; a soft whitish calcite; write, draw, or trace with chalk

tracing collapse: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline; a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

graph collapse: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes; represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"; plot upon a graph

writing collapse: the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"; the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"; letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"; the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"; (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

scroll collapse: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage); move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text"

envelop collapse: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

methadone collapse: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

laudanum collapse: narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

heroin collapse: a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

codeine collapse: derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relive pain)

barbiturate collapse: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

arena collapse: a playing field where sports events take place; the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand

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