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demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

refute collapse: prove to be false or incorrect; overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

parry collapse: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

subvert collapse: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

soft pedal collapse: a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

lull collapse: a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"; become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"; calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

hush collapse: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"; run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals; wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"; become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"; cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"

overwhelm collapse: charge someone with too many tasks; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

deny collapse: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"; refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"; refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"; deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"; refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

defeat collapse: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

squelch collapse: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"; walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"; make a sucking sound

stifle collapse: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee; smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

overturn collapse: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"; turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

tranquillity collapse: a state of peace and quiet; an untroubled state; free from disturbances

quench collapse: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

dispose of collapse: deal with or settle; "He disposed of these cases quickly"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

squash collapse: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets; edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable; any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits; to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

deflate collapse: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"; reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"; produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"; reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"; release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"; collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"

peace collapse: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"; the absence of mental stress or anxiety; harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together"; the state prevailing during the absence of war; the general security of public places; "he was arrested for disturbing the peace"

muffle collapse: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

crush collapse: the act of crushing; a dense crowd of people; break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"; become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"; humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

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