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irruption collapse: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"; a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

viking collapse: any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries

privateer collapse: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation; an officer or crew member of a privateer

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

siren collapse: eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills; an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning; a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound; a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"

map collapse: a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it); to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets); explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"; make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"; depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"; plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future"; locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes"

frighten collapse: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"; drive out by frightening

Druid collapse: a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

cheerfulness collapse: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"; a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"

space probe collapse: a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation

psychic collapse: a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception; outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena"; affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma"

latitude collapse: scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction; the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself; an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator; freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

straw vote collapse: an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue

bunker collapse: a hazard on a golf course; a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground; a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal"; hit a golf ball into a bunker; transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse; fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

threat collapse: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"; a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

surveillance collapse: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

outburst collapse: a sudden violent disturbance; a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

sneak in collapse: enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"

highball collapse: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

detection collapse: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something; a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"; the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"

vector collapse: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components; any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"; a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

beacon collapse: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships; a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance; guide with a beacon; shine like a beacon

scend collapse: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

welter collapse: be immersed in; "welter in work"; toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

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