Cave In Synonyms

kāvĭn
Break down, literally or metaphorically
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. collapse
  2. fall-in
  3. give
  4. give-way
  5. break
  6. founder
The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. subsidence

Words Related to Cave In

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cave
  2. doline
  3. cavern
  4. firedamp
  5. rockfall

Cave In Sentence Examples

  • They had to work it out, and if she made love to him tonight, she'd cave in for sure.

  • On the right bank, near this bridge, is the cave in which Wallace concealed himself after killing Hezelrig and which still bears his name.

  • Neither does he refer in any way to the famous cave in which, according to the Ignatian myth, the Spiritual Exercises were written.

  • Numerous large caves exist in the mountains; among the most remarkable are the famous Idaean cave in Psiloriti, the caves of Melidoni, in Mylopotamo, and Sarchu, in llalevisi, which sheltered hundreds of refugees after the insurrection of 1866, and the Dictaean cave in Lassithi, the birth-place of Zeus.

  • His last days were spent in a cave in the parish of Sorn, near his birthplace, and there he died in 1686, worn out by hardship and privation.

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