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whitewash collapse: a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects; wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces; a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score; exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data; cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"; cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

disappoint collapse: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

bilk collapse: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"; cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

clobber collapse: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

warn collapse: notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"; ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"; notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"; admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

Waterloo collapse: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon; a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"; a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

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"

strew collapse: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"; spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"

outfight collapse: to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

indifferently collapse: with indifference; in an indifferent manner; "she shrugged indifferently"

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

pronounce collapse: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

devalue collapse: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"; remove the value from; deprive of its value

verbalize collapse: convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"; be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"

bludgeon collapse: a club used as a weapon; overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

coldly collapse: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood"

intensive collapse: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"; of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"; tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"

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