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discourage
collapse
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
related words >
afflict
,
anticipate
,
avert
,
awe
,
bar
,
beat down
,
blunt
,
bother
,
cast down
,
check
,
chill
,
cool
,
cow
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
daunt
,
debar
,
deflect
,
deject
,
demoralize
,
depress
,
deter
,
disaffect
,
disapprove of
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
dismay
,
disparage
,
dispirit
,
dissuade
,
distract
,
distress
,
divert
,
droop
,
estop
,
exclude
,
faze
,
fend
,
fend off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
frighten
,
help
,
hinder
,
indispose
,
inhibit
,
intimidate
,
irk
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
knock down
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
obviate
,
oppose
,
oppress
,
overawe
,
preclude
,
press down
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
put off
,
quench
,
repel
,
restrain
,
rule out
,
sadden
,
save
,
scare
,
shake
,
sink
,
slow
,
stave off
,
stop
,
suppress
,
talk out of
,
trouble
,
try
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
vex
,
ward off
,
wean from
,
weigh
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
commit
collapse
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
related words >
accept obligation
,
accomplish
,
accredit
,
achieve
,
agree
,
agree to
,
allocate
,
allot
,
answer for
,
assign
,
assure
,
authorize
,
be answerable for
,
be responsible for
,
be security for
,
bind
,
bring about
,
bring off
,
bring to pass
,
carry out
,
charge
,
charter
,
commend
,
commission
,
commit to prison
,
confide
,
confine
,
consecrate
,
consign
,
contract
,
contravene
,
covenant
,
dedicate
,
delegate
,
deliver
,
depute
,
deputize
,
destine
,
detach
,
detail
,
devolute
,
devolve
,
devolve upon
,
devote
,
do
,
do to
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
empower
,
enfeoff
,
engage
,
entrust
,
execute
,
give
,
give in charge
,
give in trust
,
go and do
,
go bail for
,
guarantee
,
hand over
,
have an understanding
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
infeudate
,
inflict
,
institutionalize
,
intern
,
license
,
make
,
make imperative
,
make incumbent
,
mission
,
move
,
obligate
,
oblige
,
offend
,
offer
,
ordain
,
pay
,
perform
,
perpetrate
,
perpetuate
,
pledge
,
post
,
produce
,
promise
,
pull
,
pull off
,
put away
,
realize
,
recommit
,
relegate
,
remand
,
remit
,
remove
,
render
,
require
,
saddle with
,
scandalize
,
send away
,
send out
,
send to jail
,
send up
,
sentence
,
set apart
,
shake hands on
,
shift
,
shut up
,
sin
,
submit
,
swear
,
take and do
,
take the vows
,
tie
,
transfer
,
transgress
,
trespass
,
trust
,
turn over
,
undertake
,
up and do
,
violate
,
vouchsafe
,
vow
,
warrant
,
wreak
coop
collapse
related words >
arena
,
bar
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besiege
,
block
,
blockade
,
bottle up
,
bound
,
box in
,
box up
,
brooder
,
cage
,
calaboose
,
can
,
chamber
,
check
,
chicken house
,
chokey
,
cincture
,
clink
,
cloister
,
close
,
close in
,
compass
,
confine
,
constrain
,
contain
,
container
,
cooler
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cork up
,
corral
,
court
,
courtyard
,
crib
,
curtilage
,
delimited field
,
detain
,
encage
,
encircle
,
enclave
,
enclose
,
enclosure
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
envelop
,
fence
,
fence in
,
field
,
fold
,
ground
,
hedge in
,
hell
,
hem
,
hem in
,
hencote
,
henhouse
,
hennery
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold in custody
,
hold in restraint
,
hoosegow
,
house in
,
immure
,
impede
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
inhibit
,
jail
,
jug
,
keep in
,
keep in custody
,
keep in detention
,
kennel
,
leaguer
,
limbo
,
list
,
lockup
,
mew
,
mew up
,
obstruct
,
pale
,
paling
,
park
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pen up
,
penfold
,
pinfold
,
place of confinement
,
pocket
,
pokey
,
pound
,
prison
,
purgatory
,
quad
,
quadrangle
,
quarantine
,
quod
,
rail in
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
seal up
,
shackle
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
slammer
,
square
,
stable
,
stir
,
surround
,
theater
,
toft
,
wall
,
wall in
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
guardian
collapse
related words >
MC
,
air warden
,
ancestral spirits
,
angel
,
attendant
,
attendant godling
,
attorney
,
bailiff
,
bull
,
butler
,
caretaker
,
castellan
,
cerberus
,
champion
,
commandant
,
conservator
,
control
,
covering
,
croupier
,
curator
,
custodial
,
custodian
,
custos
,
daemon
,
defender
,
defensive
,
demon
,
emcee
,
factor
,
fairy godmother
,
familiar
,
familiar spirit
,
forest ranger
,
fostering
,
game warden
,
gamekeeper
,
gaoler
,
genius
,
genius domus
,
genius loci
,
good angel
,
good genius
,
governor
,
guard
,
guardian angel
,
guardian spirit
,
guarding
,
guide
,
household gods
,
housekeeper
,
immunizing
,
invisible helper
,
jailer
,
janitor
,
keeper
,
landreeve
,
lares and penates
,
lares compitales
,
lares familiaris
,
lares permarini
,
lares praestites
,
lares viales
,
librarian
,
lifeguard
,
lifesaver
,
majordomo
,
manes
,
master of ceremonies
,
ministering angel
,
next friend
,
numen
,
paladin
,
parental
,
penates
,
preserver
,
preventive
,
principal keeper
,
prison guard
,
prochein ami
,
proctor
,
procurator
,
prophylactic
,
protecting
,
protective
,
protector
,
ranger
,
safeguarding
,
screening
,
screw
,
seneschal
,
sheltering
,
shepherd
,
shielding
,
special providence
,
steward
,
totem
,
trustee
,
turnkey
,
tutelar god
,
tutelary
,
vigilant
,
warden
,
warder
,
watchdog
,
watchful
borough
collapse
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
one of the administrative divisions of a large city
related words >
Kreis
,
Stadt
,
archbishopric
,
archdiocese
,
arrondissement
,
bailiwick
,
banlieue
,
bishopric
,
boom town
,
bourg
,
burg
,
burgh
,
canton
,
city
,
close borough
,
commune
,
congressional district
,
constablewick
,
conurbation
,
county
,
departement
,
diocese
,
district
,
duchy
,
election district
,
electoral district
,
electorate
,
exurb
,
exurbia
,
faubourg
,
gerrymander
,
gerrymandered district
,
ghost town
,
government
,
greater city
,
hamlet
,
hundred
,
magistracy
,
market town
,
megalopolis
,
metropolis
,
metropolitan area
,
municipality
,
oblast
,
okrug
,
outskirts
,
parish
,
pocket borough
,
polis
,
precinct
,
principality
,
province
,
region
,
riding
,
rotten borough
,
safe district
,
sheriffalty
,
sheriffwick
,
shire
,
shrievalty
,
silk-stocking district
,
single-member district
,
soke
,
spread city
,
stake
,
state
,
suburb
,
suburbia
,
swing district
,
territory
,
town
,
township
,
urban complex
,
urban sprawl
,
urbs
,
village
,
ville
,
wapentake
,
ward
encumbrance
collapse
a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
related words >
affliction
,
albatross
,
bale
,
bitter cup
,
bitter draft
,
bitter draught
,
bitter pill
,
burden
,
burden of care
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
cankerworm of care
,
care
,
cargo
,
charge
,
charging
,
client
,
clog
,
cross
,
crown of thorns
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
curse
,
deadweight
,
dependent
,
difficulty
,
disadvantage
,
distress
,
drag
,
embarrassment
,
freight
,
gall
,
gall and wormwood
,
grievance
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
hardship
,
hindrance
,
impedance
,
impediment
,
impedimenta
,
imposition
,
inconvenience
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
infliction
,
lading
,
liability
,
load
,
loading
,
lumber
,
millstone
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
onus
,
oppression
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
pack
,
pack of troubles
,
peck of troubles
,
penalty
,
pensionary
,
pensioner
,
pressure
,
protege
,
public charge
,
saddling
,
sea of troubles
,
sorrow
,
superincumbency
,
surcharge
,
taxing
,
thorn
,
trouble
,
ward
,
waters of bitterness
,
weight
,
white elephant
,
woe
ward off
collapse
avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"
related words >
about the bush
,
anticipate
,
avert
,
bar
,
beat around
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
beg the question
,
block
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
counter
,
cut
,
debar
,
deflect
,
deter
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dismiss
,
dodge
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
estop
,
exclude
,
fence
,
fend
,
fend off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
hedge
,
help
,
hem and haw
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
pack off
,
parry
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
push back
,
pussyfoot
,
put back
,
put off
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recoil
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
rule out
,
save
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
step aside
,
stop
,
swerve
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
metropolis
collapse
related words >
Kreis
,
Stadt
,
archbishopric
,
archdiocese
,
arrondissement
,
art center
,
bailiwick
,
banlieue
,
bishopric
,
boom town
,
borough
,
bourg
,
burg
,
burgh
,
canton
,
capital
,
capital city
,
city
,
commune
,
congressional district
,
constablewick
,
conurbation
,
county
,
departement
,
diocese
,
district
,
duchy
,
electoral district
,
electorate
,
exurb
,
exurbia
,
faubourg
,
garment center
,
ghost town
,
government
,
greater city
,
hamlet
,
hundred
,
magistracy
,
manufacturing center
,
market town
,
medical center
,
megalopolis
,
metropolitan area
,
municipality
,
oblast
,
okrug
,
outskirts
,
parish
,
polis
,
precinct
,
principality
,
province
,
railroad center
,
region
,
riding
,
sheriffalty
,
sheriffwick
,
shipping center
,
shire
,
shopping center
,
shrievalty
,
soke
,
spread city
,
stake
,
state
,
suburb
,
suburbia
,
territory
,
tourist center
,
town
,
township
,
trade center
,
urban center
,
urban complex
,
urban sprawl
,
urbs
,
village
,
ville
,
wapentake
,
ward
bastion
collapse
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
related words >
abatis
,
acropolis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
battlement
,
beachhead
,
blockhouse
,
breastwork
,
bridgehead
,
bulwark
,
bunker
,
casemate
,
castle
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
citadel
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
donjon
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fasthold
,
fastness
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fort
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
fortress
,
garrison
,
garrison house
,
glacis
,
hold
,
keep
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
martello
,
martello tower
,
merlon
,
mote
,
motte
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
peel
,
peel tower
,
pillbox
,
portcullis
,
post
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
rath
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
safehold
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
strong point
,
stronghold
,
tenaille
,
tower
,
tower of strength
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
ward
,
work
pussyfoot
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
couch
,
crawl
,
creep
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
glide
,
go on tiptoe
,
grovel
,
gumshoe
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hum and haw
,
inch
,
inch along
,
lay wait
,
lie in wait
,
lurk
,
make haste slowly
,
mystify
,
nightwalk
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
pad
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
prowl
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
scrabble
,
scramble
,
shadow
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
sidle
,
skulk
,
slide
,
slink
,
slip
,
snake
,
sneak
,
split hairs
,
stalk
,
steal
,
steal along
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
take it easy
,
tergiversate
,
think twice
,
tippytoe
,
tiptoe
,
walk on eggshells
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
worm
,
worm along
wheelhorse
collapse
related words >
Conservative
,
Democrat
,
Labourite
,
Republican
,
Tammany man
,
Tory
,
Whig
,
bidet
,
carriage horse
,
cart horse
,
cavalry horse
,
draft horse
,
dray horse
,
driving horse
,
fill horse
,
filler
,
gigster
,
hack
,
hackney
,
heeler
,
hunter
,
jument
,
lead
,
leader
,
loyalist
,
machine politician
,
mount
,
old campaigner
,
pack horse
,
palfrey
,
partisan
,
party boss
,
party chieftain
,
party faithful
,
party hack
,
party leader
,
party man
,
party member
,
party wheelhorse
,
plow horse
,
pol
,
pole horse
,
political hack
,
political leader
,
politician
,
polo pony
,
post-horse
,
professional politician
,
reform politician
,
reformer
,
registered Democrat
,
registered Republican
,
regular
,
remount
,
rider
,
riding horse
,
road horse
,
roadster
,
rouncy
,
saddle horse
,
saddler
,
shaft horse
,
stalking-horse
,
stalwart
,
sumpter
,
sumpter horse
,
thill horse
,
thiller
,
war-horse
,
ward heeler
,
wheeler
,
workhorse
flee
collapse
run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
related words >
abscond
,
absquatulate
,
avoid
,
bail out
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be gone
,
be no more
,
be wiped out
,
beat a retreat
,
beat it
,
blow
,
bolt
,
break
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bunk
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
clear out
,
cut and run
,
cut loose
,
cut out
,
decamp
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
desert
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
do a fade-out
,
dwindle
,
elope
,
elude
,
erode
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
fugitate
,
get away
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
go
,
go AWOL
,
go away
,
hide
,
hightail
,
jump
,
jump bail
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
levant
,
make a getaway
,
make an exit
,
make off
,
make tracks
,
melt
,
melt away
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
quit
,
retire from sight
,
run
,
run along
,
run away
,
run away from
,
run away with
,
run for it
,
run off
,
scamper
,
scape
,
scoot
,
scram
,
screw
,
show the heels
,
shun
,
sink
,
sink away
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
skip out
,
slip the cable
,
slip the collar
,
split
,
suffer an eclipse
,
take French leave
,
take flight
,
take off
,
take to flight
,
take wing
,
turn tail
,
vamoose
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
equivocate
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
alternate
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dither
,
dodge
,
double-talk
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
fluctuate
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
skirt
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
swerve
,
teeter
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
totter
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
wobble
Tammany Hall
collapse
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
related words >
American Party
,
Anti-Monopoly Party
,
Bull Moose Party
,
Communist Party
,
Conservative Party
,
Constitutional Union Party
,
Democratic Party
,
Democratic-Republican Party
,
Farmer-Labor Party
,
Federalist Party
,
Free Soil Party
,
Greenback Party
,
Know-Nothing Party
,
Labour Party
,
Liberal Party
,
Liberal Republican Party
,
Liberty Party
,
Machtpolitik
,
National Republican Party
,
Populist Party
,
Progressive Party
,
Prohibition Party
,
Realpolitik
,
Republican Party
,
Socialist Labor Party
,
Socialist Party
,
Socialist Workers Party
,
Tory Party
,
Whig Party
,
bossism
,
camp
,
career politics
,
city hall
,
confrontation politics
,
consensus politics
,
economics in action
,
empirical politics
,
faction
,
kid-glove politics
,
machine
,
machine politics
,
major party
,
minor party
,
multiple party system
,
one-party system
,
opposition party
,
partisan politics
,
partisanism
,
party
,
party in power
,
peanut politics
,
petty politics
,
political machine
,
political party
,
politics
,
polity
,
pork-barrel politics
,
power politics
,
practical politics
,
pressure-group politics
,
reform politics
,
silk-stocking politics
,
splinter party
,
third party
,
two-party system
,
ward politics
armor
collapse
tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
protective covering made of metal and used in combat
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
equip with armor
related words >
Philistinism
,
aegis
,
armament
,
armature
,
armor plate
,
bard
,
beaver
,
body armor
,
brassard
,
breastplate
,
buckler
,
bulletproof vest
,
callosity
,
callousness
,
callus
,
chain armor
,
chain mail
,
chitin
,
cloak
,
coat of mail
,
coif
,
corselet
,
cortex
,
cover
,
cuirass
,
elytron
,
episperm
,
flintiness
,
formidable defenses
,
gas mask
,
gauntlet
,
guard
,
habergeon
,
hard heart
,
hard shell
,
hardenedness
,
hardheartedness
,
hardness
,
hardness of heart
,
harness
,
hauberk
,
headpiece
,
heart of stone
,
helm
,
helmet
,
imperviousness
,
induration
,
insensitiveness
,
insensitivity
,
inuredness
,
jamb
,
lorica
,
lorication
,
mail
,
mantle
,
nasal
,
needles
,
obduracy
,
obdurateness
,
panoply
,
pericarp
,
plate
,
plate armor
,
protection
,
protective covering
,
rhinoceros hide
,
rondel
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
scute
,
scutum
,
security
,
shell
,
shelter
,
shield
,
shroud
,
spines
,
stoniness
,
suit of armor
,
test
,
testa
,
thick skin
,
veil
,
visor
,
ward
neurosis
collapse
a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
related words >
abulia
,
accident neurosis
,
anxiety hysteria
,
anxiety neurosis
,
arteriosclerotic psychosis
,
association neurosis
,
battle fatigue
,
blast neurosis
,
brain disease
,
certifiability
,
combat fatigue
,
compensation neurosis
,
compulsion neurosis
,
conversion hysteria
,
conversion neurosis
,
crack-up
,
dementia paralytica
,
dipsomania
,
drug addiction
,
emotional disorder
,
emotional instability
,
expectation neurosis
,
fixation neurosis
,
folie du doute
,
frayed nerves
,
frazzled nerves
,
fright neurosis
,
functional nervous disorder
,
functional psychosis
,
general paralysis
,
general paresis
,
homosexual neurosis
,
hypochondria
,
hypochondriasis
,
hysteria
,
insanity
,
jangled nerves
,
maladjustment
,
manic-depressive psychosis
,
melancholia
,
mental disorder
,
mental illness
,
metabolic psychosis
,
moral insanity
,
nervous breakdown
,
nervous disorder
,
nervous prostration
,
neurasthenia
,
neuroticism
,
obsessional neurosis
,
occupational neurosis
,
organic psychosis
,
paralytic dementia
,
paranoia
,
pathological drunkenness
,
pathoneurosis
,
personality disorder
,
phobia
,
presenile dementia
,
prison psychosis
,
problems in living
,
psychasthenia
,
psychoneurosis
,
psychoneurotic disorder
,
psychopathia
,
psychopathia martialis
,
psychopathia sexualis
,
psychopathic condition
,
psychopathic personality
,
psychopathy
,
psychosis
,
raw nerves
,
reaction
,
regression neurosis
,
schizophrenia
,
senile dementia
,
senile psychosis
,
senility
,
sexual pathology
,
shattered nerves
,
shell shock
,
situational neurosis
,
situational psychosis
,
social maladjustment
,
syphilitic paresis
,
toxic psychosis
,
twanging nerves
,
war neurosis
rebut
collapse
related words >
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
argue for
,
assert
,
be contrary to
,
belie
,
blow sky-high
,
break
,
call into question
,
challenge
,
champion
,
confound
,
confute
,
contend for
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countercharge
,
counterclaim
,
cross
,
crush
,
defeat
,
defend
,
demolish
,
deny
,
destroy
,
devastate
,
disconfirm
,
discredit
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
espouse
,
evert
,
expose
,
finish
,
floor
,
gainsay
,
hold off
,
invalidate
,
keep off
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
make a rebuttal
,
negate
,
nonplus
,
oppugn
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
parry
,
plead for
,
puncture
,
put to silence
,
rebuff
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
reject
,
rejoin
,
repel
,
reply
,
repulse
,
respond
,
riposte
,
ruin
,
say in defense
,
settle
,
shoot down
,
shut up
,
silence
,
smash all opposition
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stand up for
,
stave off
,
stick up for
,
subvert
,
support
,
surrebut
,
surrejoin
,
sustain
,
traverse
,
undermine
,
uphold
,
upset
,
urge reasons for
,
ward off
defense mechanism
collapse
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
related words >
alienation
,
autism
,
autistic thinking
,
avoidance
,
avoidance mechanism
,
avoidance reaction
,
avoiding reaction
,
blame-shifting
,
block
,
blocking
,
circumvention
,
compensation
,
conversion
,
decompensation
,
defence
,
defense
,
defense in depth
,
defenses
,
dereism
,
dereistic thinking
,
deterrent capacity
,
displacement
,
dissociation
,
dodge
,
duck
,
ego defenses
,
elusion
,
elusiveness
,
emotional insulation
,
equivocation
,
escape
,
escape into fantasy
,
escape mechanism
,
escapism
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasiveness
,
fantasizing
,
fantasy
,
flight
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
getting around
,
guard
,
isolation
,
jink
,
mental block
,
negative taxis
,
negativism
,
neutrality
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
overcompensation
,
prevention
,
projection
,
protection
,
psychological defenses
,
psychotaxis
,
rationalization
,
refraining
,
repression
,
resistance
,
self-defense
,
self-preservation
,
self-protection
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sidetracking
,
slip
,
sociological adjustive reactions
,
sublimation
,
substitution
,
suppression
,
symbolization
,
the defensive
,
the runaround
,
ward
,
wish-fulfillment fantasy
,
wishful thinking
,
withdrawal
,
zigzag
vigil
collapse
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
a period of sleeplessness
related words >
Mass
,
alertness
,
all-night vigil
,
bedtime prayer
,
camp meeting
,
church
,
church service
,
compline
,
consciousness
,
custodianship
,
custody
,
devotions
,
divine service
,
duty
,
eagle eye
,
evening devotions
,
evensong
,
exercises
,
guard
,
guardedness
,
guardianship
,
insomnia
,
insomniac
,
insomnolence
,
insomnolency
,
invigilation
,
lauds
,
lidless vigil
,
liturgy
,
lookout
,
matins
,
meeting
,
monitoring
,
morning devotions
,
night song
,
none
,
nones
,
novena
,
observance
,
office
,
peeled eye
,
praise meeting
,
prayer
,
prayer meeting
,
prayers
,
prime
,
prime song
,
proctoring
,
prudence
,
public worship
,
qui vive
,
restlessness
,
revival
,
revival meeting
,
sentience
,
service
,
sext
,
sharp eye
,
sleeplessness
,
stewardship
,
surveillance
,
tent meeting
,
tierce
,
tossing and turning
,
undersong
,
vesper
,
vespers
,
vigilance
,
vigils
,
wake
,
wakefulness
,
wariness
,
watch
,
watch and ward
,
watch meeting
,
watch night
,
watch-night service
,
watchful eye
,
watchfulness
,
watching
,
weather eye
senility
collapse
the state of being senile
related words >
aboriginality
,
abulia
,
advanced age
,
advanced years
,
age
,
age of retirement
,
an incurable disease
,
ancien regime
,
ancientness
,
anility
,
antiquity
,
arteriosclerotic psychosis
,
atavism
,
caducity
,
certifiability
,
childishness
,
cobwebs of antiquity
,
debility
,
decline
,
decline of life
,
declining years
,
decrepitude
,
dementia paralytica
,
dipsomania
,
dotage
,
dotardism
,
drug addiction
,
dust of ages
,
eld
,
elderliness
,
eldership
,
feebleness
,
folie du doute
,
functional psychosis
,
general paralysis
,
general paresis
,
great age
,
green old age
,
hale old age
,
hoary age
,
hoary eld
,
incapacity
,
infirm old age
,
infirmity
,
infirmity of age
,
insipidity
,
instability
,
invalidism
,
inveteracy
,
longevity
,
metabolic psychosis
,
moral insanity
,
neurosis
,
old age
,
old order
,
old style
,
oldness
,
organic psychosis
,
paralytic dementia
,
pathological drunkenness
,
pensionable age
,
presenile dementia
,
primitiveness
,
primogeniture
,
primordialism
,
primordiality
,
prison psychosis
,
psychopathia
,
psychopathia sexualis
,
psychopathic condition
,
psychopathic personality
,
psychopathy
,
psychosis
,
ricketiness
,
ripe old age
,
second childhood
,
senectitude
,
senescence
,
senile debility
,
senile dementia
,
senile psychosis
,
senile weakness
,
senilism
,
senior citizenship
,
seniority
,
sexual pathology
,
shakiness
,
situational psychosis
,
superannuation
,
syphilitic paresis
,
the downward slope
,
the golden years
,
toxic psychosis
,
unfirmness
,
unsoundness
,
unsteadiness
,
unsturdiness
,
unsubstantiality
,
vale of years
,
vapidity
,
venerableness
,
wateriness
,
white hairs
,
wishy-washiness
county
collapse
a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"
related words >
Kreis
,
ally
,
archbishopric
,
archdiocese
,
archduchy
,
archdukedom
,
arrondissement
,
bailiwick
,
bishopric
,
body politic
,
borough
,
buffer state
,
canton
,
captive nation
,
chieftaincy
,
chieftainry
,
city
,
city-state
,
colony
,
commonweal
,
commonwealth
,
commune
,
congressional district
,
constablewick
,
country
,
departement
,
diocese
,
district
,
domain
,
dominion
,
duchy
,
dukedom
,
earldom
,
electoral district
,
electorate
,
empery
,
empire
,
free city
,
government
,
grand duchy
,
hamlet
,
hundred
,
kingdom
,
land
,
magistracy
,
mandant
,
mandate
,
mandated territory
,
mandatee
,
mandatory
,
metropolis
,
metropolitan area
,
nation
,
nationality
,
oblast
,
okrug
,
parish
,
polis
,
polity
,
possession
,
power
,
precinct
,
principality
,
principate
,
protectorate
,
province
,
puppet government
,
puppet regime
,
realm
,
region
,
republic
,
riding
,
satellite
,
seneschalty
,
settlement
,
sheriffalty
,
sheriffwick
,
shire
,
shrievalty
,
soke
,
sovereign nation
,
stake
,
state
,
sultanate
,
superpower
,
territory
,
toparchia
,
toparchy
,
town
,
township
,
village
,
wapentake
,
ward
duchy
collapse
the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
related words >
Kreis
,
ally
,
archbishopric
,
archdiocese
,
archduchy
,
archdukedom
,
arrondissement
,
bailiwick
,
bishopric
,
body politic
,
borough
,
buffer state
,
canton
,
captive nation
,
chieftaincy
,
chieftainry
,
city
,
city-state
,
colony
,
commonweal
,
commonwealth
,
commune
,
congressional district
,
constablewick
,
country
,
county
,
departement
,
diocese
,
district
,
domain
,
dominion
,
dukedom
,
earldom
,
electoral district
,
electorate
,
empery
,
empire
,
free city
,
government
,
grand duchy
,
hamlet
,
hundred
,
kingdom
,
land
,
magistracy
,
mandant
,
mandate
,
mandated territory
,
mandatee
,
mandatory
,
metropolis
,
metropolitan area
,
nation
,
nationality
,
oblast
,
okrug
,
parish
,
polis
,
polity
,
possession
,
power
,
precinct
,
principality
,
principate
,
protectorate
,
province
,
puppet government
,
puppet regime
,
realm
,
region
,
republic
,
riding
,
satellite
,
seneschalty
,
settlement
,
sheriffalty
,
sheriffwick
,
shire
,
shrievalty
,
soke
,
sovereign nation
,
stake
,
state
,
sultanate
,
superpower
,
territory
,
toparchia
,
toparchy
,
town
,
township
,
village
,
wapentake
,
ward
deflect
collapse
turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
related words >
angle
,
angle off
,
anticipate
,
arch
,
avert
,
bar
,
bear off
,
bend
,
bend back
,
bias
,
blunt
,
bow
,
change
,
chill
,
cool
,
crook
,
curl
,
curve
,
damp
,
dampen
,
debar
,
decurve
,
deter
,
deviate
,
diffract
,
diffuse
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
disperse
,
distort
,
distract
,
divagate
,
diverge
,
divert
,
dogleg
,
dome
,
embow
,
estop
,
exclude
,
fend
,
fend off
,
flex
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
hairpin
,
help
,
hold off
,
hook
,
hump
,
hunch
,
incurvate
,
incurve
,
indispose
,
inflect
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
loop
,
oblique
,
obviate
,
parry
,
pivot
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
put off
,
quench
,
recurve
,
reflect
,
reflex
,
refract
,
repel
,
retroflex
,
round
,
rule out
,
sag
,
save
,
scatter
,
sheer
,
shy
,
sidetrack
,
skew
,
slue
,
stave off
,
swag
,
sway
,
sweep
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
twist
,
vault
,
veer
,
volte-face
,
ward off
,
warp
,
wean from
,
wheel
,
whip
,
whirl
,
wind
,
zigzag
strong point
collapse
related words >
ability
,
acropolis
,
area
,
bag
,
bastion
,
beachhead
,
blockhouse
,
bridgehead
,
bump
,
bunker
,
caliber
,
capability
,
capacity
,
castle
,
citadel
,
cogency
,
cup of tea
,
donjon
,
dower
,
dowry
,
endowment
,
equipment
,
faculty
,
fasthold
,
fastness
,
field
,
flair
,
fort
,
forte
,
fortress
,
garrison
,
garrison house
,
genius
,
gift
,
good reason
,
good reasoning
,
hold
,
instinct
,
ironclad reasoning
,
keep
,
knockdown argument
,
line
,
long suit
,
main interest
,
makings
,
manner
,
martello
,
martello tower
,
metier
,
mote
,
motte
,
natural endowment
,
natural gift
,
parts
,
peel
,
peel tower
,
pet subject
,
pillbox
,
post
,
potential
,
power
,
powers
,
pursuit
,
qualification
,
rath
,
right thinking
,
safehold
,
sound evidence
,
sound reasoning
,
specialism
,
speciality
,
specialization
,
specialty
,
strong argument
,
strong flair
,
stronghold
,
style
,
talent
,
talents
,
technicality
,
the goods
,
the stuff
,
thing
,
tower
,
tower of strength
,
type
,
vocation
,
ward
,
way
,
weakness
,
what it takes
evade
collapse
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"
practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"
related words >
abstain
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bail out
,
beat about
,
beg
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
cheat
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cop out
,
cringe
,
cut loose
,
deceive
,
ditch
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duck the issue
,
elude
,
equivocate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falsify
,
fence
,
flee
,
flinch
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
get around
,
get away
,
get away from
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
hang back
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
jump
,
lie
,
make a getaway
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
palter
,
parry
,
pass the buck
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shake
,
shake off
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift about
,
shirk
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shuffle out of
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sit it out
,
skip
,
skirt
,
slip away
,
slip the collar
,
split hairs
,
stand neuter
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stonewall
,
straddle
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
thwart
,
trim
,
turn aside
,
victimize
,
waffle
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
prohibit
collapse
related words >
anticipate
,
arrest
,
avert
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
block
,
blockade
,
bridle
,
check
,
close out
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
count out
,
curb
,
curtail
,
cut off
,
debar
,
decelerate
,
deflect
,
deny
,
deter
,
disallow
,
discourage
,
disenable
,
dishearten
,
disqualify
,
dompt
,
embargo
,
enjoin
,
estop
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
fend
,
fend off
,
foil
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
freeze out
,
frustrate
,
govern
,
guard
,
hamper
,
help
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
ignore
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
interdict
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep off
,
keep out
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
leave out
,
lock out
,
make impossible
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
omit
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pass over
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
proscribe
,
pull
,
pull in
,
refuse
,
rein
,
rein in
,
reject
,
relegate
,
repel
,
repress
,
repudiate
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rule out
,
save
,
say no to
,
send to Coventry
,
set back
,
shut out
,
slow down
,
snub
,
stave off
,
stop
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
thwart
,
turn aside
,
ward off
,
withhold
get out
collapse
express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"
related words >
appear
,
avulse
,
bail out
,
be off
,
be revealed
,
beat it
,
become known
,
begone
,
bow out
,
break away
,
break forth
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
break out
,
bring out
,
clear
,
clear out
,
come out
,
come to light
,
cut loose
,
cut out
,
decamp
,
depart
,
deracinate
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
dislodge
,
draw
,
draw out
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
duck out
,
egress
,
emit
,
engrave
,
eradicate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
evade
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exit
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
flake off
,
flee
,
fly the coop
,
free
,
get
,
get away
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get going
,
get lost
,
get off
,
get out of
,
git
,
give forth
,
go
,
go out
,
gouge out
,
grub up
,
hectograph
,
hightail
,
hit the road
,
impress
,
imprint
,
issue
,
jump
,
kite
,
leak out
,
leave
,
make a getaway
,
make an exit
,
make tracks
,
make yourself scarce
,
manifest itself
,
march out
,
mimeograph
,
mine
,
multigraph
,
out
,
overprint
,
pass out
,
pick out
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
print
,
proof
,
prove
,
publish
,
pull
,
pull a proof
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
put forth
,
put out
,
put to bed
,
put to press
,
quarry
,
rake out
,
reissue
,
release
,
remove
,
reprint
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
run
,
run off
,
run out
,
scram
,
send forth
,
shove off
,
show its colors
,
show its face
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
slip the collar
,
split
,
stamp
,
stand revealed
,
strike
,
take
,
take a powder
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear loose
,
tear out
,
transpire
,
unearth
,
unknot
,
unravel
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
uproot
,
vamoose
,
walk out
,
weed out
,
withdraw
,
wrest out
dimness
collapse
the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
the state of being poorly illuminated
related words >
adiaphanousness
,
anemia
,
ashiness
,
asininity
,
bad light
,
bleariness
,
blockishness
,
bloodlessness
,
blur
,
blurriness
,
boobishness
,
boorishness
,
bovinity
,
cadaverousness
,
chloranemia
,
cloddishness
,
cloudiness
,
crassness
,
crudeness
,
darkishness
,
darkness
,
darksomeness
,
deadness
,
deathly hue
,
deathly pallor
,
decrescendo
,
defocus
,
denseness
,
density
,
dim
,
dim light
,
dim-wittedness
,
doltishness
,
drabness
,
dull-wittedness
,
dullardism
,
dullness
,
dumbness
,
duncery
,
dusk
,
duskiness
,
duskness
,
exsanguination
,
fadedness
,
faintness
,
fairness
,
feebleness
,
filminess
,
flatness
,
fogginess
,
fuzziness
,
gentleness
,
ghastliness
,
gloaming
,
grossness
,
haggardness
,
half-light
,
half-visibility
,
haziness
,
hebetude
,
hypochromia
,
hypochromic anemia
,
imperviousness to light
,
indefiniteness
,
indistinctness
,
indistinguishability
,
intransparency
,
lack of sparkle
,
lackluster
,
lethargy
,
lifelessness
,
lightness
,
lividness
,
loutishness
,
low profile
,
lowness
,
lumpishness
,
lusterlessness
,
mat
,
mat finish
,
mistiness
,
muddiness
,
murk
,
murkiness
,
ninnyism
,
oafdom
,
oafishness
,
obscurity
,
obtuseness
,
opacity
,
opaque
,
opaqueness
,
paleness
,
pallidity
,
pallidness
,
pallor
,
partial darkness
,
pastiness
,
prison pallor
,
roil
,
roiledness
,
sallowness
,
semidark
,
semivisibility
,
shadowiness
,
sickliness
,
sickly hue
,
simpletonianism
,
slowness
,
sluggishness
,
soft focus
,
softness
,
somberness
,
sottishness
,
stolidity
,
stupidity
,
subaudibility
,
subduedness
,
thick-headedness
,
thick-wittedness
,
turbidity
,
turbidness
,
twilight
,
uncertainty
,
unclearness
,
unplainness
,
unteachability
,
vague appearance
,
vagueness
,
wanness
,
weakness
,
wrongheadedness
,
yokelism
management
collapse
the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
those in charge of running a business
related words >
accomplishment
,
achievement
,
acme
,
action
,
administration
,
agency
,
archon
,
auspices
,
austerity
,
austerity program
,
authority
,
authorization
,
be-all and end-all
,
blue ribbon
,
board
,
board of directors
,
board of regents
,
board of trustees
,
bosses
,
bureaucracy
,
cabinet
,
cadre
,
canniness
,
care
,
carefulness
,
championship
,
chancellor
,
charge
,
chariness
,
chief executive
,
chief executive officer
,
civil government
,
command
,
commission
,
completion
,
conduct
,
control
,
council
,
cure
,
custodianship
,
custody
,
dean
,
directing
,
direction
,
directorate
,
directors
,
directorship
,
directory
,
discharge
,
discipline
,
dispatch
,
dispensation
,
disposition
,
dominion
,
driving
,
economic planning
,
economicalness
,
economy
,
economy of means
,
effectiveness
,
effectuation
,
empery
,
empire
,
employment
,
enactment
,
execution
,
executive
,
executive arm
,
executive committee
,
executive director
,
executive hierarchy
,
executive officer
,
executive secretary
,
executives
,
exercise
,
exploitation
,
false economy
,
first place
,
first prize
,
forehandedness
,
form of government
,
frugality
,
frugalness
,
functioning
,
good management
,
governance
,
governing board
,
governing body
,
government
,
guardianship
,
guidance
,
handling
,
hands
,
headship
,
hegemony
,
height
,
hierarchy
,
higher echelons
,
higher-ups
,
highest
,
husbandry
,
imperium
,
implementation
,
influence
,
infrastructure
,
intendance
,
interlocking directorate
,
jurisdiction
,
keeping
,
kingship
,
lead
,
leadership
,
leading
,
lordship
,
magistrate
,
managery
,
managing
,
managing director
,
manipulation
,
mastership
,
mastery
,
maximum
,
means of dealing
,
ministry
,
most
,
ne plus ultra
,
new high
,
occupation
,
officer
,
official
,
officialdom
,
operancy
,
operation
,
ordering
,
oversight
,
palms
,
paramountcy
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
pastorage
,
pastorate
,
pastorship
,
patronage
,
performance
,
performing
,
perpetration
,
pilotage
,
political organization
,
polity
,
power
,
practice
,
prefect
,
prelacy
,
presidency
,
president
,
prexy
,
primacy
,
protectorship
,
providence
,
provost
,
prudence
,
prudential administration
,
record
,
regime
,
regimen
,
regnancy
,
regulation
,
reign
,
responsibility
,
rule
,
ruling class
,
ruling classes
,
running
,
safe hands
,
say
,
secretary
,
sovereignty
,
sparingness
,
steerage
,
steering
,
steering committee
,
stewardship
,
superintendence
,
superintendency
,
supervision
,
supremacy
,
sway
,
system of government
,
the Establishment
,
the administration
,
the authorities
,
the brass
,
the conn
,
the executive
,
the helm
,
the ingroup
,
the interests
,
the people upstairs
,
the power elite
,
the power structure
,
the top
,
the wheel
,
them
,
they
,
thrift
,
thriftiness
,
tight purse strings
,
top brass
,
top spot
,
transaction
,
treasurer
,
treatment
,
tutelage
,
unwastefulness
,
usage
,
using
,
utilization
,
vice-chancellor
,
vice-president
,
ward
,
warden
,
wardenship
,
wardship
,
watch and ward
,
wing
,
work
,
working
,
workings
,
zenith
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