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bamboozle collapse: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

strangle collapse: die from strangulation; kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

metaphor collapse: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

funeral collapse: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

thread collapse: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving; pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"; remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"; pass a thread through; "thread a needle"

cord collapse: a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"; a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton; a light insulated conductor for household use; a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet; bind or tie with a cord; stack in cords; "cord firewood"

complement collapse: something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; either of two parts that mutually complete each other; a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction; number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers"; a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"; one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response; make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

swath collapse: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing); the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine

valve collapse: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid; device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone; a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

solicitation collapse: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money); request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"; an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"

adaptation collapse: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light); a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"; the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

overawe collapse: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

rank collapse: a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"; relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"; growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"; very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"; very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"; take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"; take precedence or surpass others in rank

lag collapse: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"; throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins; hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

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