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pacification collapse: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency; the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"

lightening collapse: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

diminution collapse: the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

easing collapse: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"; a change for the better

softening collapse: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"

relaxation collapse: a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount; an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"; (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance; (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

soothing collapse: affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"

modulation collapse: the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect); (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase; a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

remission collapse: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court); an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"

letup collapse: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

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