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vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

intaglio collapse: glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)

catastrophe collapse: a sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

dying collapse: in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"

stigmatize collapse: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

fundamental collapse: the lowest tone of a harmonic series; being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

parse collapse: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

destiny collapse: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future; the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"

irreversible collapse: incapable of being reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution"

consumptive collapse: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis; tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"; afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"

moribund collapse: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

point of view collapse: the spatial property of the position from which something is observed; a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

tonight collapse: the present or immediately coming night; during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

last collapse: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"; holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes; a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels; a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds; the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"; occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"; lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"; coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"; highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"; most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"; more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London"; the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"; persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

lodestar collapse: something that serves as a model or guide; guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy

irrevocable collapse: incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare

needlework collapse: work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle; a creation created or assembled by needle and thread

behalf collapse: as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client";; for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"

valetudinarian collapse: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health; of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian

metro collapse: an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

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