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stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

put on collapse: add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"; add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"; apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"; carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"; put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!"

trench collapse: a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth; any long ditch cut in the ground; a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor; dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"; cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"; set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"; cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"; fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"

bring up collapse: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

extrude collapse: form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"

administer collapse: give or apply (medications); administer ritually; of church sacraments; work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"

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

sidle collapse: move sideways; move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"

rumple collapse: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

admit collapse: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"; allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"; allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"; serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"; give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"; afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

explicate collapse: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

blade collapse: the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge; flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water; the part of the skate that slides on the ice; a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue); a cut of beef from the shoulder blade; something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"; a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"; especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

crest collapse: a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal; (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet; the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave; reach a high point; "The river crested last night"

provoke collapse: provide the needed stimulus for; evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

sling collapse: bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck; a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released; a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice; hurl as if with a sling

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

saved collapse: rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul"

foundation collapse: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"; education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"; an institution supported by an endowment; the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

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