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inflection collapse: deviation from a straight or normal course; a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

exclude collapse: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"; prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"; lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

turn out collapse: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"; produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"; turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"; outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"; come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"; result or end; "How will the game turn out?"; prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"

lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

raise hell collapse: take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again"

flip collapse: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water; the act of flipping a coin; hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg; go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"; turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"; move with a flick or light motion; throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"; lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"; cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"; toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

wield collapse: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; have and exercise; "wield power and authority"

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

fluster collapse: cause to be nervous or upset; be flustered; behave in a confused manner

digression collapse: wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

honeycomb collapse: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae; make full of cavities, like a honeycomb; penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"; carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"

cut out collapse: having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"; cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"; delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"; form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"

expel collapse: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"; force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

roughcast collapse: a rough preliminary model; a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls; apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"; shape roughly

subvert collapse: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

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