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preservative collapse: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition; tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative"

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

warlord collapse: supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

exhausting collapse: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

leave no stone unturned collapse: search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"

Simon Legree collapse: the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

usurper collapse: one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

desperate collapse: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"; showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"; showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"; desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"; (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

publicity collapse: the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room"

obligatory collapse: morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"; required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

binding collapse: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"; strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration; the capacity to attract and hold something; causing constipation; hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"; executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"

incredible collapse: beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

through collapse: throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"; over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"; in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"; from beginning to end; "read this book through"; to completion; "think this through very carefully!"

hushed collapse: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

dense collapse: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"; having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"; hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

mental hospital collapse: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

placid collapse: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"

going collapse: advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding"

statutory collapse: prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape"; relating to or created by statutes; "statutory matters"; "statutory law"

rigid collapse: incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"; designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure; incapable of compromise or flexibility

vigorous collapse: characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"; strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

orthodox collapse: adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"; of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism"; of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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