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for all practical purposes collapse: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"

go against collapse

contrast with collapse

oppugn collapse

athwart collapse: at right angles to the center line of a ship

withstand collapse

take issue with collapse

countervail collapse

contra collapse

counterpose collapse

in opposition to collapse

versus collapse

contraindication collapse: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

more or less collapse

at cross purposes collapse

showdown collapse

break off collapse

approximately collapse: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

against collapse

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

hear a different drummer collapse

counteract collapse: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

mismatch collapse: a bad or unsuitable match; match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

controvert collapse

vying collapse

contradistinction collapse: a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

run against collapse

counterbalance collapse: a compensating equivalent

confronting collapse

jangling collapse: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"

competition collapse: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"; a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"

rivalry collapse

cross purposes collapse

perversity collapse: deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"

polarization collapse: the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration; the condition of having or giving polarity

traverse collapse: deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit; travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

disaccord collapse

contradict collapse: deny the truth of; be in contradiction with

at war collapse

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