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recession collapse: the act of ceding back; the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service; the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

cuneiform collapse: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia; of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)

blowout collapse: a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus; "the right front tire had a blowout"; "as a result of the blowout we lost all the lights"

terrorist collapse: a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities; characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"; "terrorist state"

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

pygmy collapse: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet; an unusually small individual

tricolor collapse: a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

carnival collapse: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions; a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

capture collapse: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board; the act of taking of a person by force; any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle; a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field; capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"; succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"; attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"; bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"

Braille collapse: a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals; French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852); transcribe in Braille

printing collapse: the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution; text handwritten in the style of printed matter; reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

already collapse: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"

roe collapse: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish; the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster; eggs of female fish; fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

worker collapse: sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae; a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"

pause collapse: temporary inactivity; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

broiler collapse: an oven or part of a stove used for broiling; flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

recently collapse: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"; very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

rue collapse: (French) a street or road in France; leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy; European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

overt collapse: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

rebel collapse: `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms; used by Northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"; take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance; break with established customs

chastity collapse: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

pink collapse: a light shade of red; any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers; of a light shade of red; cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing; sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

lurid collapse: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"; ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"; glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"; horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"

homicidal collapse: characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being ; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"

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