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powerhouse collapse: a team considered to be the best of its class; a highly energetic and indefatigable person

shanghai collapse: the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world; take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

knight collapse: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa); originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit; raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

feint collapse: any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack); deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

hatchet man collapse: one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior; a professional killer

giant collapse: any creature of exceptional size; an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"; an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful; a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

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

dragoon collapse: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen; subjugate by imposing troops; compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

biceps collapse: any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

belligerent collapse: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"

Atlas collapse: a figure of a man used as a supporting column; the 1st cervical vertebra; a collection of maps in book form; (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

roundhouse collapse: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing; workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives

hale collapse: prolific United States writer (1822-1909); United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938); a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776); exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

bludgeon collapse: a club used as a weapon; overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

forearm collapse: the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist; arm in advance of a confrontation

gorilla collapse: largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

diversion collapse: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"; an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"; an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

terrorism collapse: the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

gutsy collapse: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"

militant collapse: a militant reformer; disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"

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