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alter collapse: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"; make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"

regeneration collapse: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal; (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

jibe collapse: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

advancement collapse: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"

variety collapse: a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"; (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

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

deviation collapse: deviate behavior; the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances; the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function; a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"

plop collapse: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash; with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"; drop with the sound of something falling into water; drop something with a plopping sound

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

redemption collapse: the act of purchasing back something previously sold; (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil; repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

yank collapse: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

unanticipated collapse: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

reclamation collapse: the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

variation collapse: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"; the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"; an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"; a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished; an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change; (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon); the process of varying or being varied

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

alchemy collapse: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

realign collapse: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident"

surprising collapse: causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"

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