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titillate collapse: excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"

fume collapse: be mad, angry, or furious; emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"

coil collapse: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"; reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit; tubing that is wound in a spiral; a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb; a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine; a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals); wind around something in coils or loops

riot collapse: a public act of violence by an unruly mob; take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"

heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

reassure collapse: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

augmentation collapse: the act of augmenting; the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original); the amount by which something increases

hurrah collapse: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah"; shout `hurrah!'

regale collapse: provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

fomentation collapse: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord); application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation

glorify collapse: bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"; cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

entertain collapse: take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"; provide entertainment for

scrimmage collapse: (American football) practice play between a football team's squads; practice playing (a sport)

wake up collapse: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

heighten collapse: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"; become more extreme; "The tension heightened"; increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

exhilarate collapse: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

smelt collapse: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters; small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water; extract (metals) by heating

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

rave collapse: an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave"; a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin"; praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant"; participate in an all-night techno dance party

skylark collapse: brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

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