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purposeful collapse: having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life"; serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

merciless collapse: having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"

rioter collapse: troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority

fierce collapse: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

well-balanced collapse: in an optimal state of balance or equilibrium; "a well-balanced wheel"

guileless collapse: free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest"; free of deceit

forgetful collapse: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

docile collapse: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"; easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"; ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

honest collapse: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"; marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"; without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

volatile collapse: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"; tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"; evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"

submissive collapse: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

knowing collapse: a clear and certain mental apprehension; evidencing the possession of inside information

sound collapse: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"; the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"; the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"; a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"; mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"; thorough; "a sound thrashing"; free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"; financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"; in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"; appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"; give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"; make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"; cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"; announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"

Christian collapse: a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination; following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ; relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites"

pugnacious collapse: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

containment collapse: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"; (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor; a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

chronic collapse: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"

fury collapse: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"; (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

mundane collapse: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"; concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

persistent collapse: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"; retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"

vigorous collapse: characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"; strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

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