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radiation sickness collapse: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"

mercury poisoning collapse: a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death

pin collapse: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things; a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment; flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green; cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown; informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks"; immobilize a piece; attach or fasten with pins; pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"

encumbered collapse: loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"

shank collapse: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball; the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole; cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill; cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head; cylinder forming a long narrow part of something; the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg; hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

rut collapse: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"; a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels); be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

guilty collapse: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater; responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"

warm collapse: of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail"; uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made things warm for the bookies"; characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; "a warm debate"; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat"; psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"; (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows; "warm reds and yellows and orange"; make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you"; get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"

white flag collapse: flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce

louse collapse: wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

red flag collapse: something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull"; the emblem of socialist revolution; a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"

ensign collapse: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality; a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

pedigree collapse: ancestry of a purebred animal; line of descent of a purebred animal

revisionist collapse: a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position

self-destructive collapse: dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"

high sign collapse: a silent signal of warning or recognition; "she started to speak but he gave her the high sign"

limb collapse: the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"; either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"; one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper; (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

forcible collapse: impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

sunstroke collapse: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

rib collapse: support resembling the rib of an animal; a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural; a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant; any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates); a teasing remark; cut of meat including one or more ribs; form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"

leg collapse: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack; a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg; one of the supports for a piece of furniture; a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle; a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion; the limb of an animal used for food

color blindness collapse: genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue

stammer collapse: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

motion sickness collapse: the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle

stormy petrel collapse: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

studbook collapse: official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses

fellow traveler collapse: a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)

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