frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

adj. 1 Technical poikilothermic or poikilothermal: Reptiles
are cold-blooded. 2 unexcited, unemotional, cool,
unimpassioned, unfeeling, callous, thick-skinned, insensitive,
heartless, uncaring, stony, steely, stony-hearted, cold-hearted,
imperturbable, unmoved, indifferent, unresponsive,
unsympathetic, apathetic, dispassionate: The murder appeared to
be the act of a cold-blooded killer. 3 cruel, brutal, savage,
inhuman, barbarous, vicious, barbaric, merciless, pitiless,
ruthless: They were victims of a cold-blooded policy of
repatriation.
cold-hearted
adj. insensitive, unsympathetic, apathetic, indifferent,
unfeeling, uncaring, callous, thick-skinned, cold, cool, frigid,
hard-hearted, heartless, unkind, thoughtless, unthoughtful,
uncharitable, ruthless, pitiless, unmerciful, cruel, merciless,
mean: Putting that kitten out on a snowy night is the most
cold-hearted thing you ever did.
collaborate
v. cooperate, join (forces), work together, team up: We
collaborated in writing both the lyrics and music.
collapse v. 1 fall (down or in or apart), crumple, cave in, deflate,
crumble, tumble down, break down, go: When he opened the valve,
the balloon collapsed. Hundreds of buildings collapsed in the
earthquake. 2 fail, (come to an) end, fall through, peter out,
disintegrate, dissolve, fall flat, founder, come to naught or
nought, break up or down; decline, diminish; disappear,
evaporate, go up in smoke, go bankrupt, go under, Brit go to the
wall, Colloq fizzle out: After the imprisonment of their
leader, the entire movement collapsed. Owing to the recession,
many businesses collapsed. 3 pass out, faint, drop, Colloq keel
over; Old-fashioned or literary swoon: He collapsed on-stage
and they took him to his dressing-room. 4 break down
(mentally), have a (nervous) breakdown, go to pieces, come or
fall apart , Colloq crack up, US also crack: She finally
collapsed from overwork and is now in a sanatorium.
--n. 5 cave-in, breakdown: The collapse of the house was
attributed to termites. 6 failure, downfall, ruin;
disappearance, disintegration, dissolution, bankruptcy: Will he
be able to survive the collapse of his financial empire? 7