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sink collapse: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe; (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"; descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"; pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"; fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"; cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"; go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

gum up collapse: stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"

sadden collapse: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"; come to feel sad

subside collapse: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"; sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"; sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"

budge collapse: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

gloom collapse: a feeling of melancholy apprehension; a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"; an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

go to pot collapse: become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy soured"

sinus collapse: any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

brood collapse: the young of an animal cared for at one time; sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"; think moodily or anxiously about something; hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

sewer collapse: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"

evaporate collapse: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"; change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"; cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"

desperate collapse: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"; showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"; showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"; desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"; (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

fall from grace collapse: revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"

tub collapse: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids; the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water"

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

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