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lynch collapse: kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"

abolish collapse: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

inactive collapse: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"; not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member of the department"; lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"; not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly; not exerting influence or change; not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"; not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

punctuation collapse: the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases; the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases; something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

butt collapse: thick end of the handle; the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking); a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons); a victim of ridicule or pranks; the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots; to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"; place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"

liberally collapse: in a generous manner; "he gave liberally to several charities"; freely in a nonliteral manner; "he embellished his stories liberally"

dividend collapse: a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus); that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly; a number to be divided by another number

segment collapse: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"; divide or split up; "The cells segmented"; divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

dissolution collapse: the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations); separation into component parts

doom collapse: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"; make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"

sneaky collapse: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

leave off collapse: stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"; come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started"

abolition collapse: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"

closing collapse: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"; final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"

dying collapse: in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"

holiday collapse: a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

sexagenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the sixties; being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"

nonagenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the nineties; being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"

octogenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the eighties; being from 80 to 89 years old

Attic collapse: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof; informal terms for a human head; the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens; of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

cloistered collapse: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"; of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

silent collapse: having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"; not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"; marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

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