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dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

spy collapse: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors; a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"; secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians"; watch, observe, or inquire secretly

well-defined collapse: accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values"

incorrupt collapse: free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible"; free of corruption or immorality

recuperate collapse: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"; restore to good health or strength

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

mutilate collapse: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"; destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

hydrogen bomb collapse: a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium

translucent collapse: almost transparent; allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows"

concede collapse: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"; admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"; acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

preen collapse: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"; pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement; clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"

elect collapse: selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"; choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"; select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"

identify collapse: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"; recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"; identify as in botany or biology, for example; consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"; conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

typify collapse: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

optimum collapse: most favorable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances; most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

preference collapse: grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties); the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"; a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

rip out collapse: burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath"

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