English to English noun
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an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Example:
• the commander's prostration demoralized his men
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a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in | Example:
• the roof is in danger of collapse • the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
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the act of throwing yourself down | Example:
• he landed on the bed with a great flop
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a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | source: wordnet30
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A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. | source: webster1913 verb
6 |
break down, literally or metaphorically | Example:
• 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
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collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | source: wordnet30 Example:
• fold up your umbrella • collapse the music stand
source: wordnet30 Example:
• the building crumbled after the explosion • Negotiations broke down
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• The ice broke the pipe
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suffer a nervous breakdown | source: wordnet30
12 |
lose significance, effectiveness, or value | Example:
• The school system is collapsing • The stock market collapsed
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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. | source: webster1913
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