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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

upset collapse: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"; the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"; a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging; mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"; disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"; defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"; cause to lose one's composure

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"

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

digress collapse: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

discourage collapse: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

jibe collapse: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"

shunt collapse: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body; a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"; transfer to another track, of trains; provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

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