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prick: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"; to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"; cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"

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dissuade collapse: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

sic collapse: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase); urge a dog to attack someone

whiplash collapse: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)

disenchant collapse: free from enchantment

egg on collapse

neb collapse

debunk collapse: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

gadfly collapse: any of various large flies that annoy livestock

drove collapse: a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone; a moving crowd; a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

perforate collapse

charley horse collapse: a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise

disabuse collapse: free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

puke collapse

tell the truth collapse

exhort collapse

dog eared collapse

turd collapse

crick collapse: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004); a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British); twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"

disappoint collapse: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

auger collapse: hand tool for boring holes

flog collapse: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

propel collapse: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

twinge collapse: a sharp stab of pain; feel a sudden sharp, local pain

nib collapse: the writing point of a pen

watermark collapse: a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light

put straight collapse

let in on collapse

skewer collapse: a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted; drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"

toad collapse

round up collapse: seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

impale collapse: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

prickle collapse: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"; cause a prickling sensation

discoloration collapse: the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

snot collapse: nasal mucus

tick off collapse

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

pang collapse: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"; a sharp spasm of pain; a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"

delimit collapse

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