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restructure collapse: construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted"

in return collapse: (often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes"

badly collapse: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"; in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"; without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"; to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"; very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"; with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"; in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room"; evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"

rebuild collapse: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"

reshape collapse: shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"; shape again or shape differently

somersault collapse: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return; do a somersault

redden collapse: turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"; make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"

mutually collapse: in a mutual or shared manner; "the agreement was mutually satisfactory"; "the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive"

revamp collapse: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it"

worsen collapse: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"; make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

sell out collapse: give information that compromises others; get rid of all one's merchandise

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

modulate collapse: vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves); adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of; change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

distract collapse: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

reconstruct collapse: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically; reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

blush collapse: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty); turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"; become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"

quench collapse: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

switch off collapse: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

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