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security blanket: a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety; anything that an adult person uses to reduce their anxiety

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pall collapse: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped; lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"; become less interesting or attractive; cause to become flat; "pall the beer"; cover with a pall

sustaining collapse

wraps collapse

lien collapse: the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

mortgage collapse: a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan; put up as security or collateral

reliance collapse: certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"; the state of relying on something

upkeep collapse

Medicaid collapse: health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

Medicare collapse: health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

socialized medicine collapse

guaranteed annual income collapse

public assistance collapse

housing collapse: structures collectively in which people are housed; a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

censorship collapse

caparison collapse: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse; put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

social security collapse: social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance

veil collapse: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

subvention collapse: the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort; grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

carrying collapse

sustenance collapse: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

guardhouse collapse: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

penal colony collapse: a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

labor camp collapse

welfare collapse

dungeon collapse: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

brig collapse: a penal institution (especially on board a ship); two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

welfare state collapse: a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

borstal collapse: a British reform school for youths between 16 and 22

reform school collapse

training school collapse: a school providing practical vocational and technical training

reformatory collapse: correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

sourpuss collapse: someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

bastille collapse: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner); a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution

lockup collapse: jail in a local police station

pessimist collapse: a person who expects the worst

cowl collapse: a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk); cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the girls"

unselective collapse: not selective or discriminating; "unselective in her reading habits; her choices seemed completely random"

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