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deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

plash collapse

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

chink collapse: a short light metallic sound; a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall; offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent; fill the chinks of, as with caulking

sump collapse: a well or other hole in which water has collected; an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine

detain collapse

plug collapse: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly; an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection; persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"; make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote; fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

bind collapse: something that hinders as if with bonds; form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"; make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"; wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose; provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"; create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

fill collapse: a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"; plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"; become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"; make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"; appoint someone to (a position or a job); assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"

bottle up collapse: control and refrain from showing; of emotions

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

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"

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

reservoir collapse: tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil); lake used to store water for community use; anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"; a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"

work collapse: activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"; a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"; (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force; "work equals force times distance"; arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"; move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck"; shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"; gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds"; move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"; provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"; proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top"; cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"; be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"; exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"; cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?"; operate in or through; "Work the phones"; have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"; operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics"; behave in a certain way when handled; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well"

shut up collapse

keep back collapse

interfere collapse: come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"

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