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elide collapse: leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

sideswipe collapse: a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles); strike from the side

overkill collapse: any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal; the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

done collapse: cooked until ready to serve; having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

forgotten collapse: no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations"

aggression collapse: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked; deliberately unfriendly behavior; the act of initiating hostilities; a disposition to behave aggressively; a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

obsolete collapse: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"

locate collapse: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"; assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

serendipity collapse: good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

clobber collapse: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

defunct collapse: having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

censor collapse: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable; someone who censures or condemns; subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

remains collapse: any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

zombie collapse: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

predispose collapse: make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"

turn the tables collapse: cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

fascinate collapse: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

revolt collapse: make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"

go out collapse: become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"; leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"; take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"; go out of fashion; become unfashionable

asleep collapse: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"; in the sleep of death

past collapse: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past; the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"; a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"; earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"; a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"

get rid of collapse: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

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