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garbage collapse: a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"; food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

disprove collapse: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

refuse collapse: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"; refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

dismiss collapse: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"; cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"; end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"; stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

waive collapse: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

discredit collapse: cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"; damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

grudge collapse: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"; accept or admit unwillingly

waif collapse: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

detritus collapse: loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

keep off collapse: refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"; refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

afterimage collapse: an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased

exclude collapse: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"; prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"; lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

turn out collapse: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"; produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"; turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"; outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"; come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"; result or end; "How will the game turn out?"; prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"

fag end collapse: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope; the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

discard collapse: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable; (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit; anything that is cast aside or discarded; throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

deprive collapse: take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

slag collapse: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals; convert into slag

snub collapse: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"; unusually short; "a snub nose"

afterglow collapse: the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; "he basked in the afterglow of his victory"; a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset

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