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petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

deathbed collapse: the bed on which a person dies; the last few hours before death

paralyze collapse: cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"; make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

awe collapse: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"; inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

stun collapse: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

horripilate collapse: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"; have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

frighten collapse: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"; drive out by frightening

annihilation collapse: destruction by annihilating something; total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

extinction collapse: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"; a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"; the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"; no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"

suffocation collapse: killing by depriving of oxygen; the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"

agony collapse: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"; a state of acute pain

inaudible collapse: impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"

knell collapse: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something; ring as in announcing death

crossbones collapse: two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

noiseless collapse: making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare

freeze collapse: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"; an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"; weather cold enough to cause freezing; the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid; suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"; anesthetize by cold; be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"; prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"; stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"; change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"; cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"; change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"; stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"; be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"

unvoiced collapse: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

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