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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