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slip in collapse: insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

extort collapse: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"; obtain through intimidation

pork barrel collapse: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

embarrassment collapse: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

confinement collapse: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

lock collapse: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured; a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed; a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key; enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it; a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun; a strand or cluster of hair; become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"; fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"; hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"; build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels; hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"; pass by means through a lock in a waterway

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

complication collapse: the act or process of complicating; a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"; a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication"; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

work in collapse: add by mixing or blending on or attaching; "work in the butter and the dough will get the right consistency"; "In his speech, the presidential candidate worked in a lot of learned words"

mix collapse: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"; an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"; a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients; add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the drink"; combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds"; to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

interpose collapse: introduce; "God interposed death"; be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way"

drive in collapse: cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"; arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"

tamp collapse: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

foist collapse: insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

squab collapse: an unfledged pigeon; a soft padded sofa; flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled; short and fat

entrench collapse: fix firmly or securely; occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night"

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

impinge collapse: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

closure collapse: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

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