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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"

disparagement collapse: the act of speaking contemptuously of; a communication that belittles somebody or something

coal collapse: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period; take in coal; "The big ship coaled"; supply with coal

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

blacken collapse: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

spatter collapse: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

reek collapse: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face; smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"; give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"

darken collapse: make dark or darker; "darken a room"; become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"; tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"; become or make darker; "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

blur collapse: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"; become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"; make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision"; to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"

imputation collapse: the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"; a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"

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