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contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

silk collapse: a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae; fibers from silkworm cocoons provide threads for knitting

buckle collapse: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong; fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"; fasten with a buckle or buckles

demoralize collapse: confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

organization collapse: the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"; the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"; an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"; a group of people who work together

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

dogleg collapse: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway; angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

fashion collapse: characteristic or habitual practice; consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior; make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

pick collapse: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"; a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"; a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"; a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument; remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"; select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"; attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"; provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"; pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

writhe collapse: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

pattern collapse: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"; form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

proclivity collapse: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

dress up collapse: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

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"

pockmark collapse: a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease; mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"

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

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

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

willingness collapse: cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"

hickey collapse: a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

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