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harass collapse: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"; annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

knell collapse: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something; ring as in announcing death

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

crossbones collapse: two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

noiseless collapse: making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare

unvoiced collapse: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

weaken collapse: become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"; lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

pestilence collapse: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"

reward collapse: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior; the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property; payment made in return for a service rendered; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

ending collapse: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"; event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

lathe collapse: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

transience collapse: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

electric chair collapse: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

death collapse: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"; the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"; the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"; the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"; the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"; the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

scaffold collapse: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers; a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded); provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

enrobe collapse: adorn with a robe; provide with a coating; "enrobe the nuts with chocolate"

play out collapse: become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast"; play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"; perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?"

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

knock out collapse: destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"; empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"; eliminate; "knock out a target"; overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

penal colony collapse: a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

guardhouse collapse: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

fatigue collapse: (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"; temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"; used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"

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