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summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

noiseless collapse: making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare

unvoiced collapse: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

pestilence collapse: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"

transience collapse: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

electric chair collapse: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

death collapse: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"; the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"; the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"; the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"; the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"; the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

scaffold collapse: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers; a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded); provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

reveille collapse: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

birdcall collapse: a device for imitating a birdcall; the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

guardhouse collapse: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

penal colony collapse: a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

brig collapse: a penal institution (especially on board a ship); two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

dungeon collapse: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

training school collapse: a school providing practical vocational and technical training

drafting collapse: the craft of drawing blueprints; writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

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