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jurisdiction collapse: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

administration collapse: the act of administering medication; a method of tending to (especially business) matters; the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

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"

guard collapse: a position on a basketball team; a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers"; a device designed to prevent injury; a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up"; a group of men who escort and protect some important person; the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play"; a person who keeps watch over something or someone; the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team; watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"; to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"; take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"

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

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

anticipate collapse: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"; realize beforehand; be excited or anxious about; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

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

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

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

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

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"

discourage collapse: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

survive collapse: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

borough collapse: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; one of the administrative divisions of a large city

bastion collapse: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification; a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle; a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"

ship collapse: a vessel that carries passengers or freight; place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"; travel by ship; hire for work on a ship

Flying Dutchman collapse: a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope; the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

chart collapse: a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea; a visual display of information; plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"; make a chart of; "chart the territory"

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