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limbo collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals); an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

spinner collapse: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water; board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game; someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

gravity collapse: a solemn and dignified feeling; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

enclosure collapse: the act of enclosing something inside something else; artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose; something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter; a naturally enclosed space

paradiddle collapse: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

drumbeat collapse: a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"; (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

ponderousness collapse: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"

intemperate collapse: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"; excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"; (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"

trample collapse: the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"; injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"

pulsate collapse: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"; move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

pestle collapse: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"

bushwhack collapse: cut one's way through the woods or bush; live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla

pummel collapse: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

assail collapse: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

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