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zoning collapse: dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

prosecute collapse: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"; bring a criminal action against (in a trial); "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"; conduct a prosecution in a court of law

canvass collapse: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

sequester collapse: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

call on collapse: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

estrange collapse: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"; remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

disconnection collapse: the act of breaking a connection

make up to collapse

disunion collapse: the termination or destruction of union

subtraction collapse: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"; an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

pursue collapse: follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"; carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"

part collapse: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"; a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle"; in so far as the actor specified is concerned; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"; one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"; the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"; a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"; something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"

serenade collapse: a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman; sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"

annulment collapse: (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

subtract collapse: make a subtraction

delete collapse: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

sever collapse: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

detach collapse: cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"; come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"; separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

step aside collapse

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

alienate collapse: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

cast out collapse

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

stand aloof collapse

partition collapse: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another); (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit; separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"; divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

defection collapse

squire collapse: an English country landowner; young nobleman attendant on a knight; a man who attends or escorts a woman; attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

apply collapse: ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"; refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"; apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"; be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

cast off collapse: make the last row of stitches when knitting

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

throw out collapse

pull out collapse: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

address collapse: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball; (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored; written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location; a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described; the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"; the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"; the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with; adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting; speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"; give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"; speak to someone; put an address on (an envelope); direct a question at someone; address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question; access or locate by address; greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"

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