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fall to pieces collapse

risky collapse

vanish collapse: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"; cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"; become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

pretend collapse: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"

eat collapse: eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"; take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"; worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

disjunction collapse: state of being disconnected

persuade collapse: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

unearthly collapse

go on collapse: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

clothes collapse

degradation collapse: changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

shrill collapse: of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"

stereotyped collapse: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

downy collapse: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"; like down or as soft as down

wane collapse: decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"; become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

decline collapse: change toward something smaller or lower; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"; inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"; go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"; go down; "The roof declines here"

homespun collapse: a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home; made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen"; "homespun garments"

vaporous collapse

delicate collapse: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"; easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"; difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"; of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"; marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"; easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"

threadbare collapse: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

dress collapse: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice; (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"; arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"; dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"; give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"; put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"; provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"; apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"; convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"; kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"; cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width; put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"; put a dressing on; "dress the salads"; provide with decoration; "dress the windows"; arrange in ranks; "dress troops"

germinal collapse: seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds; containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

waste collapse: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"; (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"; waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"; cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"; use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"; run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"; get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"; spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

bomb collapse: an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

use collapse: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"; a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"; (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"; use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"; put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"; take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"; habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"; seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"

niggardly collapse

baptize collapse: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"

dainty collapse: something considered choice to eat; delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"; excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"; affectedly dainty or refined; especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"

die collapse: a device used for shaping metal; a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods; suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"; disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"; lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"; to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player; cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"; be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"; languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"; feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"; suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"

last collapse: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"; holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes; a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels; a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds; the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"; occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"; lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"; coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"; highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"; most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"; more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London"; the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"; persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

whining collapse: long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

chintzy collapse

pellucid collapse

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

eat up collapse: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

unclouded collapse: not made opaque or cloudy by sediment; "the wine was unclouded"; not mentally disordered; "an unclouded mind"

wither collapse

crystal clear collapse

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