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lionize collapse: assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

bat collapse: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"; nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate; a club used for hitting a ball in various games; wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"; strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"; use a bat; "Who's batting?"; have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"

distend collapse: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"; cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

assail collapse: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

debouch collapse: pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"; march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley"

peacock collapse: male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots; European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

irruption collapse: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"; a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

rarefy collapse: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance); make more subtle or refined; lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied"

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

exile collapse: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"; expelled from home or country by authority; voluntarily absent from home or country

deal collapse: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"; the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"; a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"; the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"; a plank of softwood (fir or pine board); do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"; sell; "deal hashish"; distribute to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"; give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"; take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"; behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

jazz up collapse: make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

hurt collapse: damaged inanimate objects or their value; suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"; give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"; cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"; hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"; feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"

sally collapse: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"

ending collapse: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"; event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

bombshell collapse: an explosive bomb or artillery shell; a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"; an entertainer who has a sensational effect; "she was a blonde bombshell"

expose collapse: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"; abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"; expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"; expose to light, of photographic film; to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

agree collapse: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"; be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"; achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"; be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"; show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

dub collapse: provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language; give a nickname to

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

tie up collapse: finish the last row; restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"; invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

fan collapse: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces; an ardent follower and admirer; make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"; strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher); agitate the air

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