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descend collapse: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

cave collapse: a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea; explore natural caves; hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

play out collapse: become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast"; play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"; perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?"

socket collapse: a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted; receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted; a bony hollow into which a structure fits

despair collapse: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

porridge collapse: soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

bath collapse: you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"; a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"; a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains; an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

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"

disappear collapse: get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

melt collapse: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"; reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

antitype collapse: an opposite or contrasting type; a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament

pulp collapse: the soft inner part of a tooth; an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper; any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"; a soft moist part of a fruit; a mixture of cellulose fibers; reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"; remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

scuttle collapse: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

precedence collapse: status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"

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