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Another word for collapse

collapse Synonyms

collapse

n.

breakdown, downfall, destruction, cave-in; see failure 1, fall 1, illness 1, wreck 1.

collapse Synonyms

collapse

v.

drop, deflate, give way, crumple; see fail 1, faint, fall 1, 2, give 4.

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Another word for collapse

verb

To fall in:
buckle, cave in, crumple, give, go. Idiom: give way. See explosion
To suddenly lose all health or strength:
break (down), cave in, crack, drop, give out, succumb. (Informal) crack up. (Slang) conk out. Idiom: give way. See health
To give way mentally and emotionally:
break (down), crack, snap. (Informal) crack up, fold. See explosion
To undergo sudden financial failure:
break, bust, crash, fail, go under. (Informal) fold. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See money
To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:
fall, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See resist, win

noun

A sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health:
breakdown. (Informal) crackup. See explosion
An abrupt disastrous failure:
breakdown, crash, debacle, smash, smashup, wreck. See money
A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin:
downfall, fall, waterloo. See thrive

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Would the cabin collapse around them?
His fatal optimism rendered him largely responsible for the collapse of Egyptian credit which brought about the fall of Ismail.
This only precipitated the collapse, and while Count Tisza voiced Hungarian public opinion in declaring the basis of the Dual system to be shattered, the Yugoslav National Council was transplanted from Ljubljana to Zagreb and strengthened by the inclusion of representatives of all parties (Oct.
When the Turkish collapse came, he fled by way of Odessa to Germany.
The town now remained faithful to the Taborite cause till its collapse in 1434.

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