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fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

office collapse: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"; place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"; professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"; (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"

duty collapse: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"; the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr; a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

cabaret collapse: a series of acts at a night club; a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club"

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

squab collapse: an unfledged pigeon; a soft padded sofa; flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled; short and fat

temporal collapse: of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"; not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt; concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"; of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"; of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone"; of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

on the spot collapse: without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"; at the place in question; there; "they were on the spot when it happened"; "it had to be decided by the man on the spot"; in a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot"

persistently collapse: with persistence; in a persistent manner; "he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently..."

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

satellite collapse: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon; any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star; a person who follows or serves another; surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"; broadcast or disseminate via satellite

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