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nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

strive collapse: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

smoke collapse: the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"; something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"; an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"; a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"; inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

prosecute collapse: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"; bring a criminal action against (in a trial); "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"; conduct a prosecution in a court of law

fume collapse: be mad, angry, or furious; emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"

stipulation collapse: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement; (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; "a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay"

transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

frostbite collapse: destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

winter collapse: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island"

dither collapse: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"; make a fuss; be agitated; act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain

anesthetize collapse: make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

chloroform collapse: a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"; anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"

chatter collapse: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys); the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"; cut unevenly with a chattering tool; click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"

harden collapse: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"; make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

ostracize collapse: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

undertake collapse: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"; enter upon an activity or enterprise; accept as a charge; accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

pin down collapse: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"

quiver collapse: case for holding arrows; shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

mummification collapse: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

pursue collapse: follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"; carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"

blast collapse: a very long fly ball; an explosion (as of dynamite); use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"; make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

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