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dispute collapse: coming into conflict with; a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

bat collapse: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"; nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate; a club used for hitting a ball in various games; wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"; strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"; use a bat; "Who's batting?"; have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"

snake collapse: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous; something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake; a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition; a deceitful or treacherous person; move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"; move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake; form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"

antiseptic collapse: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues; (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"; clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"; thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"; made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments"; freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"

pry collapse: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"; to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"; make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

farmer collapse: a person who operates a farm; an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915); United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)

horse collapse: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times; a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs; provide with a horse or horses

timeserver collapse: one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage

hunt collapse: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); United States architect (1827-1895); Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

animal collapse: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement; of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"

suspicion collapse: being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"; the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"

distinguish collapse: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

vanity collapse: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

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