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traffic collapse: buying and selling; especially illicit trade; the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"; the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time; trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"; deal illegally; "traffic drugs"

community collapse: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other; a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"; a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"; a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"; common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"; agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"

Interpol collapse: an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world

reading collapse: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"; the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"; a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"; written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"; a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"; a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

slang collapse: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"; informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"; abuse with coarse language; use slang or vulgar language

hiss collapse: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"; make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval; express or utter with a hiss; move with a whooshing sound

college collapse: a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed; British slang for prison; the body of faculty and students of a college; an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

speech collapse: (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"; the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"; something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

launching collapse: the act of propelling with force; the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

croak collapse: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog); utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

culture collapse: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"; the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"; a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

public collapse: a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"; affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"; not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"

profit sharing collapse: a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business

esprit de corps collapse: the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

flotation collapse: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares; the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

parole collapse: (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with; a promise; "he gave his word"; release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

colors collapse: a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

brotherhood collapse: the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers; people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"; the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

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