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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"

stingy collapse: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

expedite collapse: process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite the matter"; speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process"

rite collapse: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

wafer collapse: thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist); a small thin crisp cake or cookie; a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters

unconquerable collapse: not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome; "a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will"- R.E.Danielson; "faced unconquerable difficulties"

salvo collapse: a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"; an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

voyage collapse: a journey to some distant place; travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

embarrassment collapse: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

confinement collapse: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

lock collapse: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured; a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed; a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key; enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it; a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun; a strand or cluster of hair; become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"; fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"; hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"; build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels; hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"; pass by means through a lock in a waterway

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

yacht collapse: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing; travel in a yacht

canoe collapse: small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle; travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"

complication collapse: the act or process of complicating; a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"; a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication"; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"

bottle collapse: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped; a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children; the quantity contained in a bottle; put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"; store (liquids or gases) in bottles

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

mix collapse: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"; an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"; a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients; add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the drink"; combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds"; to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

silent collapse: having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"; not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"; marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

sheer collapse: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"; straight up or down without a break; cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

signalize collapse: make conspicuous or noteworthy; point out carefully and clearly; provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

rocket collapse: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion; any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine; propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon; erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender; propel with a rocket; shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"

constricted collapse: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"; drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"; especially tense; especially in some dialects

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