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Showing words for COLLAPSE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Collapse

collapse, escallop

7 Letter Words for Collapse

callose, locales, oscella, scallop, scalpel

6 Letter Words for Collapse

allose, aslope, calles, callop, caples, cellos, copals, ellops, lapels, locale, locals, osella, pellas, places, sacope, scapel, scopae, scopal, solace, spalle

5 Letter Words for Collapse

alces, alecs, aloes, alose, aslop, callo, calls, calos, calpe, calps, capel, capes, caple, capos, cella, cello, cells, claes, clape, claps, clasp, cloes, clops, close, coals, colas, coles, colla, colls, copal, copes, copse, elaps, ellas, elops, laces, lapel, lapse, leaps, lepal, lepas, local, lopes, losel, ollas, olpes, opals, osela, paces, pacos, paleo, pales, palls, paseo, peals, pecos, pelas, pells, place, pleas, ploce, poles, polls, posca, psoae, salep, salle, salol, salop, saple, scale, scall, scalp, scape, scelp, scopa, scope, sella, sepal, slape, slope, socle, solea, space, spale, spall, speal, spell, spole

4 Letter Words for Collapse

aces, acle, acop, alce, alco, alec, alep, ales, allo, alls, aloe, alop, alps, also, apes, apse, asop, call, calo, calp, cals, cape, capo, caps, case, ceas, cell, cels, cepa, ceps, clap, clep, clop, clos, coal, coes, cola, cole, coll, colp, cols, copa, cope, cops, cose, ecol, ells, epos, esca, esop, lace, lacs, lalo, laos, laps, lase, leal, leap, leas, leos, lepa, leps, loca, lope, lops, lose, ocas, olea, oles, olla, olpe, opal, opec, opes, pace, paco, pacs, pale, pall, pals, pase, paso, peal, peas, pecs, pela, pell, pesa, peso, plea, poas, pole, poll, pols, pose, psec, saco, sale, sall, salp, sapo, scap, scop, seal, seco, sell, slap, sloe, slop, soap, soca, soce, sola, sole, sope, spae, spec

3 Letter Words for Collapse

ace, aes, alc, ale, all, alo, alp, als, apc, ape, apl, ase, asl, asp, cal, cap, cel, ceo, cep, clo, col, cop, cos, cpa, cpl, cpo, cps, csp, eas, eco, ela, ell, els, eos, epa, esc, esp, lac, lao, lap, las, lca, lea, leo, lep, les, loa, loc, loe, lop, los, lsc, oas, oca, oes, ola, ole, olp, opa, ope, ops, ose, pac, pal, pas, pea, pec, pel, pes, poa, pol, pos, sac, sal, sao, sap, sea, sec, sel, sep, sla, sle, soc, sol, sop, spa, spl

Definitions for Collapse

[1] to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly: The roof collapsed and buried the crowd.
[2] to be made so that sections or parts can be folded up, as for convenient storage: This bridge table collapses.
[3] to break down; come to nothing; fail: Despite all their efforts the peace talks collapsed.
[4] to fall unconscious or as if unconscious or physically depleted, as from a stroke, heart attack, disease, or exhaustion.
[5] Pathology . to sink into extreme weakness. (of lungs) to come into an airless state.
[6] to cause to collapse: He collapsed the table easily.
[7] a falling in or together: Three miners were trapped by the collapse of the tunnel roof.
[8] a sudden, complete failure; breakdown: The bribery scandal brought about the complete collapse of his industrial empire.
[9] (intr) to fall down or cave in suddenly the whole building collapsed
[10] (intr) to fail completely his story collapsed on investigation
[11] (intr) to break down or fall down from lack of strength
[12] to fold (furniture, etc) compactly or (of furniture, etc) to be designed to fold compactly
[13] the act or instance of suddenly falling down, caving in, or crumbling
[14] a sudden failure or breakdown

Words related to Collapse

crash, catastrophe, failure, disruption, debacle, destruction, disintegration, bankruptcy, topple, founder, disintegrate, faint, shatter, break, fail, drop, crumple, weaken, ruination, smash

Words nearby Collapse

collagenosis, collagenous, collagenous colitis, collagenous nevus, collapsar, collapse, collapse of communism, collapse therapy, collapsible, collar, collar button

Origin of Collapse

1725–35; < Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābī to fall, fall in ruins), equivalent to col- col-1 + lāp-, variant stem of lābī to fall + -sus, variant of -tus past participle ending

Other words from Collapse

pre·col·lapse , verb, pre·col·lapsed, pre·col·laps·ing.
un·col·lapsed , adjective

Word origin for Collapse

C18: from Latin collāpsus, from collābī to fall in ruins, from lābī to fall

Synonyms for Collapse

bankruptcy, catastrophe, crash, debacle, destruction, disintegration, disruption, failure, cataclysm, disorganization, exhaustion, faint, flop, prostration, ruination, ruining, smash, subsidence, undoing, wreck, basket case, cave-in, conk out, crackup, smashup