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close up collapse: very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"; refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"; unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"; cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

lock up collapse: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

introversion collapse: (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

complexion collapse: (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament; texture and appearance of the skin of the face; the coloring of a person's face; a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"; a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"; give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

recluse collapse: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

rehabilitation collapse: the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

intelligence quotient collapse: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

barricade collapse: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy); "they stormed the barricade"; block off with barricades; prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"; render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

fulfillment collapse: the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc); a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

chock collapse: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object; as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"; support on chocks; "chock the boat"; secure with chocks

domestic collapse: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household; produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"; of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"; of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"; converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"; of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"

suffocate collapse: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"; be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"; suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"; become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"; impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

strangle collapse: die from strangulation; kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

block out collapse: plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general; indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"

psychosis collapse: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

cloistered collapse: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"; of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

fasten collapse: attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"; cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"; become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

nominalism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name

doss collapse: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

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