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brief collapse: a condensed written summary or abstract; a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case; concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement"; of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"; give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

cling collapse: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"; come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"; to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

dumb collapse: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness; lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"

chock collapse: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object; as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"; support on chocks; "chock the boat"; secure with chocks

greedy collapse: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

consecutive collapse: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"; in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

soundproof collapse: impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room"; insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed"

weatherproof collapse: able to withstand exposure to weather without damage; "weatherproof electric wiring"; "a weatherproof coat"; make resistant to bad weather

elongated collapse: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

shipshape collapse: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"

strained collapse: under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

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"

incommodious collapse: uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations"

infrequent collapse: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

shatterproof collapse: resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows"

mute collapse: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument; a deaf person who is unable to speak; expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe; lacking power of speech

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