Related Words:
- thwart
collapse - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" related words >
- across,
- across the grain,
- annul,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- baffle,
- balk,
- beat,
- bench,
- bendwise,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brace,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- contrariwise,
- contravene,
- contrawise,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crossing,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- curb,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- diagonal,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- gum up,
- hinder,
- impede,
- invalidate,
- kittycorner,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- oblique,
- obliquely,
- obstruct,
- offset,
- oppose,
- overthwart,
- perplex,
- queer,
- restrain,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- short-circuit,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- slant,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- style,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- transversal,
- transverse,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- undo,
- upset,
- vitiate,
- void
- abrade,
- annihilate,
- atomize,
- bang,
- baste,
- batter,
- beat,
- bray,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- brecciate,
- buck,
- buffet,
- cleave,
- comminute,
- contriturate,
- crash,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut to pieces,
- decimate,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- diffuse,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- drub,
- dynamite,
- fission,
- flail,
- flap,
- flour,
- fragment,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulize,
- grate,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- hammer,
- knock,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- levigate,
- make mincemeat of,
- mash,
- maul,
- mill,
- mince,
- mull,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pestle,
- pick to pieces,
- pommel,
- pound,
- powder,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pummel,
- rap,
- reduce to powder,
- reduce to rubble,
- rend,
- rub out,
- ruin,
- scatter,
- scrunch,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shred,
- sledgehammer,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smatter,
- spank,
- splinter,
- split,
- squash,
- squish,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- tear apart,
- tear down,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thump,
- total,
- triturate,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- wallop,
- whip,
- wrack up,
- wreck
- annul,
- anticipate,
- arrest,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- beat,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffalo,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- conquer,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cripple,
- cross,
- dash,
- deceive,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discourage,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- evade,
- exasperate,
- flummox,
- foil,
- forbid,
- forestall,
- get around,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go one better,
- halt,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hinder,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- interrupt,
- invalidate,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- lick,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- offset,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overcome,
- overreach,
- pass the buck,
- perplex,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- redress,
- repel,
- repulse,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwart,
- undo,
- upset,
- victimize,
- vitiate,
- void
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- align,
- bark,
- beat down,
- blot,
- blot out,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- cancel,
- cast down,
- chafe,
- chop down,
- cross out,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- decimate,
- deck,
- dele,
- delete,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- down,
- drop,
- efface,
- equalize,
- erase,
- erode,
- even,
- expunge,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- file,
- flatten,
- floor,
- flush,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- grade,
- grate,
- graze,
- grind,
- ground,
- hew down,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- mow down,
- obliterate,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- rase,
- rasp,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- ruin,
- rule out,
- scour,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- scrub,
- scuff,
- send headlong,
- skin,
- smash,
- smooth,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- spread-eagle,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- strike out,
- supinate,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- wear,
- wear away,
- whack down,
- wipe out,
- wrack,
- wreck
- abate,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- abscind,
- amputate,
- annul,
- ban,
- bar,
- bereave of life,
- blot out,
- bob,
- bring to naught,
- cancel,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- chloroform,
- clip,
- crop,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- decimate,
- demolish,
- deprive of life,
- deracinate,
- destroy,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- do for,
- do to death,
- dock,
- efface,
- eliminate,
- end,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- execute,
- expunge,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- immolate,
- invalidate,
- isolate,
- kill,
- knock off,
- launch into eternity,
- liquidate,
- lop,
- lynch,
- make away with,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- massacre,
- murder,
- mutilate,
- negate,
- negative,
- nip,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- poison,
- prune,
- purge,
- put away,
- put down,
- put to death,
- put to sleep,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- raze,
- remove,
- remove from life,
- repeal,
- revoke,
- root out,
- root up,
- rout,
- ruin,
- rule out,
- sacrifice,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- slay,
- squash,
- stamp out,
- starve,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- suppress,
- sweep away,
- take life,
- take off,
- take out,
- truncate,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- uproot,
- vitiate,
- void,
- wipe out,
- wrack,
- wreck
- disengage
collapse
- become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
- release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" related words >
- abrupt,
- abstract,
- alienate,
- back down,
- back out,
- beat a retreat,
- break loose,
- break out,
- break with,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- clear,
- cut adrift,
- cut loose,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- delete,
- depart,
- detach,
- disarticulate,
- disburden,
- disconnect,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dislodge,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- doff,
- draw back,
- draw off,
- eject,
- estrange,
- expel,
- extricate,
- fall back,
- free,
- free up,
- get away from,
- get out,
- get out of,
- get rid of,
- give ground,
- give place,
- go back,
- isolate,
- leave,
- liberate,
- loose,
- loosen,
- move back,
- part,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- release,
- remove,
- retire,
- retreat,
- run back,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set free,
- shake off,
- shut off,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- stand back,
- step aside,
- subtract,
- take off,
- tear loose,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- unbar,
- unbind,
- unbolt,
- unbuckle,
- unbutton,
- unchain,
- unclasp,
- unclutter,
- uncouple,
- undo,
- unfasten,
- unfetter,
- unglue,
- unhook,
- unknot,
- unlace,
- unlatch,
- unleash,
- unlock,
- unloose,
- unloosen,
- unravel,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- unstick,
- unstrap,
- untangle,
- untie,
- unyoke,
- weigh anchor,
- withdraw
- thrash
collapse
- a swimming kick used while treading water
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all related words >
- bang,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- belabor,
- belt,
- best,
- birch,
- bolt,
- buffet,
- cane,
- clobber,
- club,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cowhide,
- cudgel,
- cull out,
- cut,
- defeat,
- destroy,
- divide,
- do in,
- drub,
- fix,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flap,
- flog,
- fustigate,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- hammer,
- hide,
- hors de combat,
- horsewhip,
- insulate,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- knock,
- knout,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lather,
- lay aside,
- lay on,
- lick,
- maul,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- pail,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pick out,
- pistol-whip,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- put,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- riddle,
- ruin,
- scourge,
- screen,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- settle,
- shellac,
- sieve,
- sift,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- sledgehammer,
- smear,
- smite,
- smother,
- sort out,
- spank,
- strap,
- strike,
- stripe,
- swinge,
- switch,
- thresh,
- thump,
- trim,
- triumph over,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- undo,
- wallop,
- wear out,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop,
- winnow,
- worst
- negate
collapse
- prove negative; show to be false related words >
- abate,
- abnegate,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- agree to disagree,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be contrary to,
- be unmoved,
- be unwilling,
- beg off,
- belie,
- blow sky-high,
- blow up,
- break,
- break off,
- bring to naught,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- call into question,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- challenge,
- clash,
- collide,
- come to nothing,
- conflict,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- cross,
- decline,
- decline to accept,
- deflate,
- deny,
- differ,
- disaccord,
- disaffirm,
- disagree,
- disallow,
- disbelieve,
- disclaim,
- disconfirm,
- discredit,
- disprove,
- dissent,
- explode,
- expose,
- frustrate,
- gag on,
- gainsay,
- hold out against,
- impugn,
- invalidate,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jostle,
- misbelieve,
- mismatch,
- mismate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- not admit,
- not believe,
- not buy,
- not consent,
- not hear of,
- not swallow,
- not think of,
- nullify,
- object,
- offset,
- oppugn,
- prove the contrary,
- puncture,
- quash,
- rebut,
- redress,
- refuse,
- refuse consent,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to credit,
- reject,
- repeal,
- repudiate,
- resist entreaty,
- resist persuasion,
- revoke,
- say nay,
- say no,
- shake the head,
- show up,
- stand aloof,
- stultify,
- thwart,
- traverse,
- turn down,
- unbelieve,
- undercut,
- undo,
- vary,
- vitiate,
- void,
- vote nay,
- vote negatively
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