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signal collapse: any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"; any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start"; "the victory was a signal for wild celebration"; an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes; notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

composure collapse: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

fully collapse: to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"

bondage collapse: sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners; the state of being under the control of another person; the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"

barnstorm collapse: tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"; appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper

bug collapse: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate; a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly; a fault or defect in a system or machine

refractory collapse: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"; not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

constraint collapse: the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others; the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint"

continence collapse: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters; voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge

quelled collapse: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

unmanageable collapse: difficult to manage or control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

self-denial collapse: the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

component collapse: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"; an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

evenness collapse: the quality of being balanced; a quality of uniformity and lack of variation; the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)

numerous collapse: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"

much collapse: a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"; (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"; very; "he was much annoyed"; to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"; frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

servitude collapse: state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

dark horse collapse: a racehorse about which little is known; a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

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