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spectrum collapse: broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

paresis collapse: a slight or partial paralysis

brunt collapse: main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"

torque collapse

period collapse: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"; the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"; a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"; one of three periods of play in hockey games; the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon; a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period"

aggravation collapse: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"; unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; an exasperated feeling of annoyance

lesion collapse: any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

primary collapse: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen; one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing; not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"; of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

annoyance collapse: the act of troubling or annoying someone; something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"; anger produced by some annoying irritation

straining collapse

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

time collapse: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"; an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"; an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"; a suitable moment; "it is time to go"; a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"; adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"; regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"; assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"; set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

pile drive collapse

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

taxing collapse

ache collapse: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain; have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"; be the source of pain

bummer collapse: a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug; an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer"

chancre collapse: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

dwell on collapse: delay

grief collapse: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"; intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

thesis collapse: an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

throes collapse: violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

tension collapse: the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"; (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"; a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"; (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"; the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

torsion collapse: a twisting force

dwell collapse: inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

secondary collapse: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; belonging to a lower class or rank; not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"; being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"; depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

difficulty collapse: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"; a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"; a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

dose collapse: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time; the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time; treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

affliction collapse: a cause of great suffering and distress; a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health; a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

tabes collapse: wasting of the body during a chronic disease

belabor collapse: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

enforce collapse: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";; compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"

urgency collapse: pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"; an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"; the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

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