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transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

impale collapse: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

retreat collapse: (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"; (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset; (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position; a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet; make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"; move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

emplacement collapse: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon

pulsar collapse: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

quasar collapse: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

supernova collapse: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

nova collapse: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

antipathy collapse: the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"; a feeling of intense dislike

slum collapse: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions; visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity

tenement collapse: a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

contradiction collapse: the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"; (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"; opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

drawer collapse: a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out; the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

interference collapse: (American football) blocking a player's path with your body; "he ran interference for the quarterback"

attic collapse: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof; informal terms for a human head; the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens; of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

turbulence collapse: unstable flow of a liquid or gas; a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"; instability in the atmosphere

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

shadowing collapse: the act of following someone secretly; following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

surveillance collapse: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

punch bowl collapse: a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle

disrupt collapse: throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"

loch collapse: Scottish word for a lake; a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

float collapse: something that remains on the surface of a liquid; a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco; an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade; the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public; the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment; convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"; allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"; make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"; put into the water; "float a ship"; move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"; set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"; be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"; be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink; circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

bore collapse: a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes; diameter of a tube or gun barrel; a person who evokes boredom; make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; cause to be bored

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