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footstep collapse: the act of taking a step in walking; the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

gradual collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass; proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"; (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope"

electrify collapse: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"; charge (a conductor) with electricity; excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"

injury collapse: an act that injures someone; an accident that results in physical damage or hurt; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

menace collapse: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"; something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"; act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"; express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

untruthful collapse: not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person"

unacceptable collapse: not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"; not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"; not conforming to standard usage; "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'"

torture collapse: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"; unbearable physical pain; subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

errant collapse: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"; straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

askew collapse: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"; turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

villainy collapse: a treacherous or vicious act; the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

falsely collapse: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"; in an insincerely false manner; "a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened"

deceptive collapse: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"; causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"

trip collapse: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"; a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"; a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"; an exciting or stimulating experience; a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"; get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"; put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"; cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"

degree collapse: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"; the highest power of a term or variable; a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"; a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"; a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

adapted collapse: changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

baseless collapse: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

canter collapse: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"; ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"; go at a canter, of horses

lapse collapse: a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"; drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards; end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"; let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

trespass collapse: entry to another's property without right or permission; a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages; break the law; make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"

spoke collapse: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

defile collapse: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains); place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"

stepping stone collapse: any means of advancement; "the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches"; a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing

intercede collapse: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

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