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swingeing collapse: severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

condign collapse: fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"

scathing collapse: marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

acrimonious collapse: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

stabbing collapse: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

imperious collapse: able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

astringent collapse: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals; tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions"

exigent collapse: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

strident collapse: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"

inclement collapse: used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge"; (of weather or climate) severe

demanding collapse: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

dour collapse: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

mordant collapse: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

incisive collapse: suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"

stern collapse: the rear part of a ship; United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920); severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

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"

vehement collapse: characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"

bleak collapse: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

forcible collapse: impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

caustic collapse: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue; of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

precise collapse: sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

austere collapse: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"; severely simple; "a stark interior"

authoritarian collapse: a person who behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"; characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"; expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"; likened to a dictator in severity

poignant collapse: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

tart collapse: a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust; a small open pie with a fruit filling

biting collapse: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

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