English to English

collapse

(k/@/'l/&/ps )

an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion(noun.state)

Synonym:
prostration

source: wordnet30
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in(noun.event)

Example:
The roof is in danger of collapse.
The collapse of the old star under its own gravity.

source: wordnet30
the act of throwing yourself down(noun.act)

Synonym:
flop

source: wordnet30
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)(noun.event)

Synonym:
crash

source: wordnet30
A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.(noun)

source: webster1913

break down, literally or metaphorically(verb.motion)

Example:
The wall collapsed.
The business collapsed.
The roof collapsed.

Synonym:
break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way

source: wordnet30
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack(verb.body)

Synonym:
break down

source: wordnet30
fold or close up(verb.motion)

Example:
Collapse the music stand.

source: wordnet30
fall apart(verb.motion)

Synonym:
break down, crumble, crumple, tumble

source: wordnet30
cause to burst(verb.motion)

Synonym:
burst

source: wordnet30
suffer a nervous breakdown(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
break up, crack, crack up, crock up

source: wordnet30
lose significance, effectiveness, or value(verb.change)

Example:
The stock market collapsed.

source: wordnet30
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.(verb)

source: webster1913

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