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deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

ward collapse: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"; a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections; a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another; United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913); English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920); English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

mental hospital collapse: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

tutelage collapse: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

cooler collapse: a refrigerator for cooling liquids; a cell for violent prisoners; an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice

guardianship collapse: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"

lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

intern collapse: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"; deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

defend collapse: argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"; be on the defensive; act against an attack; protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"; be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

guidance collapse: the act of guiding or showing the way; something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

patronage collapse: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support; support by being a patron of

foreclose collapse: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

self-preservation collapse: preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency

Realpolitik collapse: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

pen collapse: female swan; a writing implement with a point from which ink flows; an enclosure for confining livestock

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