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motivate collapse: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

admonish collapse: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"

combustion collapse: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light; a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

mischievous collapse: badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"; deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

urgency collapse: pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"; an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"; the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

sublimation collapse: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

catching collapse: becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"; (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team; (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

grouse collapse: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet; flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil; hunt grouse

persuade collapse: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

unhealthy collapse: not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"; not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

urge collapse: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"; an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"; force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

harmful collapse: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"; able or likely to do harm

advise collapse: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

purification collapse: the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"; a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

bloodthirsty collapse: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson

stimulant collapse: a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena"

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

accelerate collapse: move faster; "The car accelerated"; cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

importune collapse: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

depression collapse: pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"; sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object); a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"; a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity; a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment; a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

spur collapse: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"; tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers; any sharply pointed projection; goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"; equip with spurs; "spur horses"; strike with a spur; give heart or courage to; incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"

pleasure principle collapse: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

indecency collapse: an indecent or improper act; the quality of being indecent

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