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revolutionize collapse: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"; fill with revolutionary ideas; overthrow by a revolution, of governments

uphill collapse: the upward slope of a hill; upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"; against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"

strike collapse: (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"; a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"; an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"; a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"; cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"; arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"; indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"; make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"; produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"; pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"; deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"; remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"; produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"; stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"

antenna collapse: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste; an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"

coinage collapse: coins collectively

overweight collapse

vituperation collapse: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

swoop down upon collapse

come upon collapse

keep house collapse

straightlaced collapse

procrustean collapse: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him

currency collapse: general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"; the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used; a current state of general acceptance and use

make money collapse

broke collapse: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

preservative collapse: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition; tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative"

formalize collapse: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"

soft pedal collapse: a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

warlord collapse: supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

autocrat collapse

martinet collapse: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

hard stuff collapse

employ collapse

carry weight collapse: have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"

exhausting collapse: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

Simon Legree collapse: the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

disciplinarian collapse

usurper collapse: one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

nail collapse: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener; horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits; a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard; attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"

downer collapse

desperate collapse: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"; showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"; showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"; desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"; (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

cannon collapse: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals; a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels; heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane; (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm; heavy gun fired from a tank; fire a cannon; make a cannon

publicity collapse: the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room"

touch off collapse

gun for collapse

dream up collapse

obligatory collapse: morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"; required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

choosy collapse: difficult to please

hardworking collapse: characterized by hard work and perseverance

extirpate collapse: surgically remove (an organ)

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