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climactic collapse: consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"

palm oil collapse: oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm

warn collapse: notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"; ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"; notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"; admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

nemesis collapse: (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

time and a half collapse: a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work

zenith collapse: the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

hear collapse: receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"; perceive (sound) via the auditory sense; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

justification collapse: the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller; something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"; a statement in explanation of some action or belief

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

pinnacle collapse: (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower; a lofty peak; raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"; surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"

weight collapse: an artifact that is heavy; sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms; the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity; the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"; an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"; (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

caution collapse: the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution"; judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"; a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"; warn strongly; put on guard

toe collapse: the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes; (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft; one of the digits of the foot; forepart of a hoof; touch with the toe; drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club; hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club; drive obliquely; "toe a nail"; walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction; "She toes inwards"

summit collapse: a meeting of heads of governments; reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

culminate collapse: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"; bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"; end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"; reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body; reach the highest or most decisive point

balance collapse: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity; equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; equality of distribution; a state of equilibrium; compute credits and debits of an account; bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"; be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

topmost collapse: at or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"

larynx collapse: a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

high sign collapse: a silent signal of warning or recognition; "she started to speak but he gave her the high sign"

coif collapse: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law; cover with a coif

acme collapse: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

culmination collapse: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

apex collapse: the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

uppermost collapse: in or into the highest position; "the blade turned uppermost"; in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; "say what comes uppermost"

bitter end collapse: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt; the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

threaten collapse: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"; to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

scale collapse: a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals; an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks; a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass; (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave); a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin; a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin; relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale"; the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"; an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"; size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down"; measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"; remove the scales from; "scale fish"; pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard; climb up by means of a ladder; reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"; take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"; measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds"

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