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aphoristic collapse: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

minus collapse: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"; on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus"

foreshorten collapse: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

distressed collapse: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"

little collapse: a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"; small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"; (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"; lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"; (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"; not much; "he talked little about his family"

boil down collapse: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

missing collapse: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person"

extent collapse: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"; the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right"

swift collapse: a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight; an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745); United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

ephemeral collapse: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

scalp collapse: the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"; remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"; sell illegally, as on the black market

lack collapse: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

fixer collapse: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

compressed collapse: reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"; pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"; flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

hold on collapse: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

perspective collapse: the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

draw up collapse: come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"; cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"; straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"; form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

unawares collapse: suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln; without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares"

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

printed circuit collapse: computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered

compendious collapse: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

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