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outbreak collapse: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

gale collapse: a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

quirk collapse: a narrow groove beside a beading; twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"

tempest collapse: (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"

cyclone collapse: a violent rotating windstorm; (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

explosion collapse: the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"; a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball; a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"; a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction; the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"; a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

stress collapse: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"; (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"; to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

aching collapse: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"

diarrhea collapse: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

wring collapse: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"; twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"

necrosis collapse: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

fibrillation collapse: act or process of forming fibrils; muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

tidal wave collapse: a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun; an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide; an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime"

anoxia collapse: severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues

scatter collapse: the act of scattering; a haphazard distribution in all directions; distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"; sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

constipation collapse: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

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