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follow up collapse: increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

exhortation collapse: a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action; the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

goal collapse: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"; game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points; the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"

death collapse: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"; the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"; the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"; the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"; the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"; the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

eulogy collapse: a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently

last word collapse: an authoritative statement; "my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take"; the final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word"

epilogue collapse: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"; a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

swan song collapse: a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

culmination collapse: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

recital collapse: performance of music or dance especially by soloists; a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"; a detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities"

denouement collapse: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

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