collapse
- collapse
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
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(Roget's IV)
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n.
1. cave-in fall, cataclysm, toppling, breakdown, failure, foundering, buckling, crash, undoing, downfall, disintegration.
2. falling ill breakdown, fainting, succumbing, seizure, prostration, loss of consciousness.
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v.
1. cave in fall, crumple, crumble, topple, break, give way, give out, fail, founder, buckle, slump, fold up, *collapse like a house of cards.
2. fall ill keel over, break down, succumb, wilt, be stricken, lose consciousness, slump over, swoon.
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(Roget's Thesaurus II)
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verb
1. To fall in: buckle, cave in, crumple, give, go. Idiom: give way. See EXPLOSION.
2. 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.
3. To give way mentally and emotionally: break (down), crack, snap. Informal: crack up, fold. See EXPLOSION.
4. 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.
5. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: fall, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See RESIST, WIN.
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noun
1. A sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health: breakdown. Informal: crackup. See EXPLOSION.
2. An abrupt disastrous failure: breakdown, crash, debacle, smash, smashup, wreck. See MONEY.
3. A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin: downfall, fall, Waterloo. See THRIVE.
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collapse — [kə laps′] vi. collapsed, collapsing [< L collapsus, pp. of collabi < com , together + labi, to fall: see LAP1] 1. to fall down or fall to pieces, as when supports or sides fail to hold; cave in; shrink together suddenly 2. to break down… … English World dictionary
Collapse — Col*lapse , n. 1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
collapse — index catastrophe, debacle, decline, defeat, destruction, deteriorate, detriment, disaster, disease … Law dictionary
collapse — (v.) 1732, from L. collapsus, pp. of collabi fall together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + labi to fall, slip (see LAPSE (Cf. lapse)). The adj. collapsed is attested from c.1600, from L. collapsus, and perhaps this suggested a verb. R … Etymology dictionary
collapse — ► VERB 1) suddenly fall down or give way. 2) (of a person) fall down as a result of physical breakdown. 3) fail suddenly and completely. ► NOUN 1) an instance of a structure collapsing. 2) a sudden failure or breakdown. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
