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fulfillment collapse: the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc); a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

version collapse: manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery); something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"; an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

fractious collapse: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"; stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

fiction collapse: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

famine collapse: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

feedback collapse: response to an inquiry or experiment; the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

definition collapse: clarity of outline; "exercise had give his muscles superior definition"; a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol

bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

distillery collapse: a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

condominium collapse: housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned; one of the dwelling units in a condominium

behave collapse: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"; behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

tempered collapse: adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"; made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

ordering collapse: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

wield collapse: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; have and exercise; "wield power and authority"

abstinence collapse: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite; the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

sensitivity collapse: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment; the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"; (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"; sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others); susceptibility to a pathogen

hands collapse: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

manufacture collapse: put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

judiciousness collapse: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating; good judgment

proliferation collapse: growth by the rapid multiplication of parts; a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons"

radio transmitter collapse: transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals

indocile collapse: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

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