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walk over collapse: beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship"

embark collapse: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career"; go on board

overawe collapse: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

coerce collapse: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

classify collapse: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"; declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"

browbeat collapse: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

experiment collapse: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation; a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"; the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"; to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"; try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"

hamstring collapse: one of the tendons at the back of the knee; cripple by cutting the hamstring; make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

liberate collapse: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

evaluate collapse: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

tyrannize collapse: rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"; rule a country as a tyrant

relate collapse: give an account of; "The witness related the events"; have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"; be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?"

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

mull collapse: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides; a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"; heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"

size up collapse: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"

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!"

weight collapse: an artifact that is heavy; sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms; the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity; the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"; an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"; (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

assess collapse: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"; charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

dampen collapse: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

obsess collapse: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

contrast collapse: the act of distinguishing by comparing differences; the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness); the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors; the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"; put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"; to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

stand out collapse: be stubborn in resolution or resistance; steer away from shore, of ships

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