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stigmatize collapse: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

inaccessible collapse: capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all; not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

obstacle collapse: an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented); something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

fundamental collapse: the lowest tone of a harmonic series; being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

constrained collapse: lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

parse collapse: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

terminus collapse: either end of a railroad or bus route; (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

verification collapse: (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

point of view collapse: the spatial property of the position from which something is observed; a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

tonight collapse: the present or immediately coming night; during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

lodestar collapse: something that serves as a model or guide; guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy

damned collapse: people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"; in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!"

needlework collapse: work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle; a creation created or assembled by needle and thread

money order collapse: a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office

limitation collapse: an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation); the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"; (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"

behalf collapse: as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client";; for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"

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