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electric chair collapse: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

Havana collapse: capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas

prose collapse: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse; matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

tumbler collapse: a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom; a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown; a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

acrobat collapse: an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination

aerialist collapse: an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

ellipsoid collapse: a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid"; in the form of an ellipse

wilderness collapse: a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"; a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"; a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War; (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"

scaffold collapse: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers; a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded); provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

curdle collapse: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"; go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"; turn into curds; "curdled milk"

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

viaduct collapse: bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley

splice collapse: a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice"; join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"; join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"; join the ends of; "splice film"

cohabitation collapse: the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)

imbalance collapse: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance"

gangway collapse: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

gangplank collapse: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

juggler collapse: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

ax collapse: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross; the death of Jesus on the cross

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