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English noun: prostration | |||
| 1. | prostration (state) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | ||
| Samples | The commander's prostration demoralized his men. | ||
| Synonyms | collapse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | illness, malady, sickness, unwellness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | algidity, breakdown, crack-up, heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke, shock | ||
| 2. | prostration (act) abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compliance, submission | ||
| 3. | prostration (act) the act of assuming a prostrate position | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
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