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paramountcy collapse: the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority

plight collapse: a solemn pledge of fidelity

overstrain collapse: too much strain; strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

downer collapse

predicament collapse: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

insist collapse: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

shove collapse: the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"; push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

irk collapse

dactyl collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

anapest collapse: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

trochee collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

preeminence collapse

bunt collapse: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat; fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores; similar to Tilletia caries; disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores; hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

diaeresis collapse

insomnia collapse: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness

impulse collapse: the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

tamp collapse: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

merit collapse: any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"

iambic collapse: a verse line consisting of iambs; of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"

pyrrhic collapse: an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare; a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables; of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"; of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"; of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"

overtax collapse: tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!"

blight collapse: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted; cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

pressure collapse: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"; the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"; the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"; an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

self-importance collapse

curse collapse: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"; a severe affliction; utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"; wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"; heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

emergency collapse: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"; a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

underscore collapse: a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter); give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

bear upon collapse

underline collapse: draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

precedence collapse: status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"

wound collapse: the act of inflicting a wound; a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat; a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost; any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision; put in a coil

rigor collapse

materiality collapse: the quality of being physical; consisting of matter; relevance requiring careful consideration

goad collapse: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"; stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick; urge with or as if with a goad

beat collapse: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing; a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"; a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"; the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"; a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"; a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations; come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"; give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"; hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"; strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting; strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"; stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"; shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"; produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"; make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"; move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"; indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"; sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"; move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"; move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"; glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"; avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"; be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"

injury collapse: an act that injures someone; an accident that results in physical damage or hurt; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

ram collapse: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"; a tool for driving or forcing something by impact; strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"

prod collapse: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion; urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

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