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moribund collapse: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

annuity collapse: income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

inducement collapse: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"

dwindling collapse: a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"; gradually decreasing until little remains

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

ana collapse: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place; mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

retiring collapse: not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

cost collapse: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor; require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"; be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

campaign collapse: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa); a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"; several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints); go on a campaign; go off to war; run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

reinforce collapse: make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"; strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"

undertaking collapse: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"; the trade of a funeral director

draining collapse: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

pawn collapse: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan; (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank; an article deposited as security; leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

hoard collapse: a secret store of valuables or money; save up as for future use

purse collapse: a small bag for carrying money; a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"; a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"; contract one's lips into a rounded shape; gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

worsening collapse: changing something with the result that it becomes worse; changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"

progressive collapse: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going; advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"; favoring or promoting reform (often by government action); favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases; gradually advancing in extent

hire collapse: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"; a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"; engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

stock company collapse: a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire; a company whose capital is represented by stock

whet collapse: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone; make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

lowness collapse: a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"; the condition of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling"

stimulation collapse: the act of arousing an organism to action; any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action; (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

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!"

streaming collapse: exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"

assets collapse: anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company

shrinking collapse: the act of becoming less; process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"

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