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disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

humiliate collapse: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

pocket collapse: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles; an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck; a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"; a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"; (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"; put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"; take unlawfully

tolerate collapse: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"; recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"

deny collapse: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"; refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"; refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"; deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"; refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

submit collapse: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"; submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"; refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"; yield to the control of another

engulf collapse: flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

lightning collapse: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more; abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

accept collapse: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"; consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"; react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"; give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee; receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"; admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"; be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

deride collapse: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

humiliation collapse: depriving one of self-esteem; an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"; state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

disregard collapse: willful lack of care and attention; lack of attention and due care

sneer collapse: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls; a contemptuous or scornful remark; smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"; express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"

erode collapse: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"; become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

assent collapse: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"; to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

torrent collapse: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

magpie collapse: long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call; someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

imbibe collapse: receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

wear away collapse: diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"

renege collapse: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"

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