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galvanize collapse: stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock; cover with zinc; "galvanize steel"

electrify collapse: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"; charge (a conductor) with electricity; excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"

wisp collapse: a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"; a flock of snipe; a small bundle of straw or hay; a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"

suffering collapse: feelings of mental or physical pain; misery resulting from affliction; troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"

rock collapse: pitching dangerously to one side; a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"; (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew; United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"; move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"; cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

reciprocation collapse: alternating back-and-forth movement; the act of making or doing something in return

glance collapse: a quick look; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

gutter collapse: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater; a tool for gutting fish; a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.); misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"; provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"; wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"; flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"; burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

flaunt collapse: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"; display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

shag collapse: a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn; a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"; a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"; a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded; dance the shag

advertise collapse: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"; make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

pang collapse: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"; a sharp spasm of pain; a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

sortie collapse: (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation); a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

lift collapse: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"; a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"; the act of giving temporary assistance; one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot; a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg; a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground; remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"; take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"; remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"; remove (hair) by scalping; put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"; rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"; raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"; call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs; make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"; take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"; take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"; move upwards; "lift one's eyes"; pay off (a mortgage)

sideswipe collapse: a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles); strike from the side

recount collapse: an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election; count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

cyanosis collapse: a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)

wonder collapse: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"; the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising; have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"; place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"; be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

accelerator collapse: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine; a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles; a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"

batch collapse: a collection of things or persons to be handled together; all the loaves of bread baked at the same time; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"; batch together; assemble or process as a batch

counterweight collapse: a weight that balances another weight; constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

dizziness collapse: a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

indigestion collapse: a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea

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