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Noun collapse has 4 senses
- collapse - an abrupt failure of function or health
--1 is a kind of illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
--1 has particulars: breakdown, crack-up; shock
- collapse - a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
--2 is a kind of mishap, misadventure, mischance
--2 has particulars: cave in, subsidence; debacle, fiasco; implosion
- flop, collapse - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
--3 is a kind of descent
- crash, collapse - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
--4 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
Verb collapse has 7 senses
- collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
--1 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
The business is going to collapse
- break down, collapse - collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
--2 is one way to suffer, sustain, have, get
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue collapse
- collapse - fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"
--3 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse - fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
--4 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- collapse, burst - cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse - suffer a nervous breakdown
--6 is one way to suffer, sustain, have, get
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- collapse - lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
--7 is one way to weaken
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