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COLLAPSE
flop, collapse
(noun) the act of throwing yourself down; “he landed on the bed with a great flop”
collapse
(noun) a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; “the roof is in danger of collapse”; “the collapse of the old star under its own gravity”
crash, collapse
(noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
collapse, prostration
(noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; “the commander’s prostration demoralized his men”
collapse
(verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value; “The school system is collapsing”; “The stock market collapsed”
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
(verb) 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”
collapse, burst
(verb) cause to burst; “The ice broke the pipe”
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
(verb) fall apart; “the building crumbled after the explosion”; “Negotiations broke down”
collapse
(verb) fold or close up; “fold up your umbrella”; “collapse the music stand”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)
(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
(intransitive) To fold compactly.
(transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
(cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
(transitive) To cause something to collapse.
(intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
Noun
collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)
The act of collapsing.
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Anagrams
• Capellos, escallop
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Collapsing] Etym: [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
1. 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. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder.
2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.
Col*lapse", n.
1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.]
3. (Med.)
Definition: Extreme depression or sudden failing o
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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