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contracted collapse: reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

squash collapse: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets; edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable; any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits; to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

swamp collapse: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog; a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"; drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

barred collapse: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

restrict collapse: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"; place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"; place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

cut in collapse: mix in with cutting motions; interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"; drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably; allow someone to have a share or profit

corral collapse: collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"; arrange wagons so that they form a corral; enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

disjointed collapse: separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"; taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"

cram collapse: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam; study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

button collapse: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes; any artifact that resembles a button; a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"; any of various plant parts that resemble buttons; fasten with buttons; "button the dress"; provide with buttons; "button a shirt"

pickle collapse: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar; preserve in a pickling liquid

eliminate collapse: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

closed collapse: not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains"; used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"; blocked against entry; "a closed porch"; (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints; not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"; not open to the general public; "a closed meeting"; with shutters closed

sandwich collapse: two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them; insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men"; make into a sandwich

friend collapse: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers); a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

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