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press: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"; a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead; any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids; a machine used for printing; clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use; the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines; newspaper writers and photographers; place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"; exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"; make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"; press from a plastic; "press a record"; create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"; crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"; be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"

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fourth estate collapse

communications collapse: the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

force upon collapse

journalism collapse: the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media; newspapers and magazines collectively

push forward collapse

reportage collapse

tidings collapse

weigh upon collapse

sadden collapse: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"; come to feel sad

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

weigh down collapse: be oppressive or disheartening to

muddle through collapse

forge ahead collapse

push on collapse

rest on collapse

go slow collapse

drive on collapse

publishing collapse

lie on collapse

television collapse: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points; broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

newspaper collapse: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"; a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"; a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"; cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day"

advice collapse: a proposal for an appropriate course of action

web collapse: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals; an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim; a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven); an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"; construct or form a web, as if by weaving

wire service collapse

newsletter collapse: report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group

hurry up collapse

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

press on collapse: continue moving forward

insist collapse: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

collectivize collapse: bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises

encumber collapse

obtrude collapse

sander collapse

communize collapse: make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks"; make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government"

nationalize collapse: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"; make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"

confiscate collapse: surrendered as a penalty

tamp collapse: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

inch collapse: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

overtax collapse: tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!"

depress collapse: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"; lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

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