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embankment collapse: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

literally collapse: (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"; in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally"

awaken collapse: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."; make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

level collapse: indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid; height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"; an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"; oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"; being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level"; not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss; become level or even; "The ground levelled off"; talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you"; aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"; tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

determinate collapse: precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"; not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth"

unidirectional collapse: operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only; "a unidirectional flow"; "a unidirectional antenna"; "a unidirectional approach to a problem"

compensate collapse: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"; make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"; adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

boundary collapse: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; a line determining the limits of an area

parterre collapse: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

aloft collapse: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"; at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"; upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

meticulous collapse: marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"; marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

peremptory collapse: putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"; not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands"

confession collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party; a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century); a public declaration of your faith; an admission of misdeeds or faults

implicit collapse: being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust"; implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

succession collapse: acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"; (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

incorruptible collapse: incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society"

soubrette collapse: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy; a pert or flirtatious young girl

silhouette collapse: a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow); represent by a silhouette; project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

pottery collapse: the craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln; a workshop where clayware is made

global collapse: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"

disentangle collapse: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

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