Collapse - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (syn: crash)
verb
The business collapsed
The roof collapsed
- fold or close up
- cause to burst (syn: burst)
- suffer a nervous breakdown (syn: break up, crack, crack up)
- lose significance, effectiveness, or value
Extra examples
The roof collapsed under a heavy load of snow.
The chair he was sitting in collapsed.
He collapsed on stage during the performance and had to be rushed to the hospital.
She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa.
The crying child ran to his mother and collapsed in her arms.
The civilization collapsed for reasons that are still unknown.
He warned that such measures could cause the economy to collapse.
The structure is in danger of collapse.
She was on the verge of collapse.
The country has endured civil war and economic collapse.
The extensive warehouse collapsed and fell outwards with a terrific crash into the street.
Such complete destruction and devastation of the country would collapse the government.
The body was on the very verge of collapse.
He sank upon the ground in a collapse of misery.
The building is in danger of collapse.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: collapse
he/she/it: collapses
present participle: collapsing
past tense: collapsed
past participle: collapsed
singular: collapse
plural: collapses
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