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breech collapse: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

upend collapse: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"; become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"

get back collapse

repossess collapse

respond collapse: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

catapult collapse: medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles; a device that launches aircraft from a warship; shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

quit collapse

stand down collapse

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

squander collapse

bear off collapse

side door collapse: an exterior door at one side of a building

reenact collapse: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"; enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"

bring about collapse: cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

turn about collapse

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

buoy up collapse

trifle with collapse

befuddle collapse: make stupid with alcohol

give up collapse: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

blow down collapse

oust collapse: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"; remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

distract collapse: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

maroon collapse: an exploding firework used as a warning signal; a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color; a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"; of dark brownish to purplish red; leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"; leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

stick at collapse

mow down collapse

chop down collapse: cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"

come about collapse

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

give away collapse: make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"; formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

strike off collapse

get well collapse: improve in health; "He got well fast"

disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

deduct collapse

corroborate collapse: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

alienate collapse: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

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