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Collapse

Collapse Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Collapse? [n] the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" [n] a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in [n] a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) [n] an abrupt failure of function or health [v] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack [v] lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" [v] suffer a nervous breakdown [v] 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" [v] cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" [v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down" [v] fold or close up, as of an umbrella or a music stand Synonyms \| Synonyms for Collapse: break \| break down \| break down \| break up \| cave in \| crack \| crack up \| crash \| crock up \| crumble \| fall in \| flop \| founder \| give \| give way \| tumble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Collapse: amiable weakness \| bankruptcy \| be brought down \| be felled \| be found wanting \| be ruined \| be struck down \| be traumatized \| beating \| become insolvent \| bend \| blow \| bouncing check \| break \| break down \| break out \| break up \| breakability \| breakage \| breakdown \| breaking up \| breakup \| brittleness \| burn out \| bust \| cascade \| catabasis \| cataclysm \| cataract \| catastrophe \| catch \| catch cold \| cave \| cave in \| cave-in \| changeableness \| chute \| circulatory collapse \| collapse \| come apart \| come down \| come down with \| come short \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| come unstuck \| comedown \| conk out \| conquering \| conquest \| contract \| crack \| crack up \| crackup \| crack-up \| crash \| crippling \| cropper \| crumble \| crumple \| daintiness \| damage \| deathblow \| debacle \| 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pieces \| falling \| fatigue \| fever \| fizzle out \| flag \| flimsiness \| fold \| fold up \| founder \| fragility \| frailty \| frangibility \| gasp \| get \| get bogged down \| get hung up \| get mired \| get tired \| give out \| give way \| go \| go bankrupt \| go broke \| go down \| go downhill \| go into receivership \| go into shock \| go soft \| go to pieces \| go to pot \| go to ruin \| go to smash \| go under \| go up \| gravitate \| gravitation \| grow weary \| harm \| hiding \| hit the skids \| hobbling \| human frailty \| hurt \| hurting \| impairment \| implode \| implosion \| incapacitation \| inclination \| indecisiveness \| infirmity of will \| infringement \| inherent vice \| injury \| inroad \| insolvency \| insufficient funds \| irresolution \| jade \| keel over \| kited check \| lack \| lag \| lambasting \| languish \| lapse \| lathering \| licking \| lightness \| lose altitude \| lose ground \| loss \| maiming \| mastery \| mayhem \| mischief \| moral weakness \| mutilation \| nervous breakdown \| nervous exhaustion \| nervous prostration \| neurasthenia \| nose dive \| not answer \| not hack it \| not make it \| not make out \| not measure up \| not stretch \| not suffice \| OD \| overcoming \| overdose \| overdraft \| overdrawn account \| overthrow \| overturn \| pant \| parachute \| pass out \| peg out \| peter out \| pine \| pitch \| play out \| plummet \| plummeting \| plunge \| poop out \| pounce \| pour down \| pratfall \| precipitate \| prostration \| puff \| puff and blow \| puncture \| quietus \| rain \| rapids \| receivership \| remission \| retreat \| ruin \| ruination \| ruining \| ruinousness \| run a temperature \| run down \| run out \| run short \| sabotage \| scathe \| shatter \| shipwreck \| shut down \| sicken \| sickening \| sink \| sleaziness \| slightness \| slowdown \| slump \| smash \| smashup \| spoiling \| stoop \| stop short \| stumble \| subdual \| subduing \| subjugation \| subsidence \| succumb \| sway \| swoon \| swoop \| tailspin \| take \| take ill \| thrashing \| tire \| topple \| topple down \| topple over \| total loss \| totter \| trend downward \| trimming \| trouncing \| tumble \| undoing \| unsubstantiality \| vanquishment \| velleity \| wane \| want \| washout \| waterfall \| Waterloo \| weaken \| weakening \| wear away \| wear thin \| weary \| wheeze \| whipping \| wilt \| wispiness \| womanishness \| wrack \| wreck \| yield See Also \| breakdown \| buckle \| cave in \| change \| change integrity \| concertina \| crack-up \| crumple \| debacle \| deflate \| descent \| fall over \| fiasco \| flop \| fold \| fold up \| get \| go off \| go over \| happening \| have \| illness \| implode \| implosion \| malady \| misadventure \| mischance \| mishap \| natural event \| occurrence \| shock \| sickness \| sink \| slide down \| slump \| subsidence \| suffer \| sustain \| turn up \| unwellness \| weaken Collapse In Webster's Dictionary \Collapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Collapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collapsing}] [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. \Collapse"\, 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.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.

Collapse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Collapse?

[n] the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
[n] a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
[n] a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
[n] an abrupt failure of function or health
[v] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
[v] lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
[v] suffer a nervous breakdown
[v] 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"
[v] cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
[v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down"
[v] fold or close up, as of an umbrella or a music stand

Collapse In Webster's Dictionary

\Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Collapsed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Collapsing}] [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.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the
   vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous
   disturbance.

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