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riptide collapse: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

low tide collapse: the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide

ebb tide collapse

high tide collapse: the tide when the water is highest

flood tide collapse: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

flux and reflux collapse

tide gate collapse

neap collapse

tidewater collapse: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia; low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

blow the whistle collapse

ebb and flow collapse

tide collapse: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon; something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"; there are usually two high and two low tides each day; be carried with the tide; cause to float with the tide; rise or move forward; "surging waves"

struggle against collapse

reflux collapse: an abnormal backward flow of body fluids

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

saturation point collapse: (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor

pull up collapse

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

compete collapse: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

plethora collapse

militate against collapse

strive against collapse

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

vie collapse

antagonize collapse: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"; act in opposition to

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

congestion collapse: excessive crowding; "traffic congestion"; excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

reluct collapse

surfeit collapse: the state of being more than full; indulge (one's appetite) to satiety; supply or feed to surfeit

saturation collapse: the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid; chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue; a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

rip collapse: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current; an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"; criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"; cut (wood) along the grain; move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

repletion collapse: eating until excessively full; the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

derive from collapse

grapple with collapse

flow collapse: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression; the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases); any uninterrupted stream or discharge; the amount of fluid that flows in a given time; cover or swamp with water; move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"; cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"; be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

emanate collapse: proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"

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