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Collapse
kəˈlaps
- (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way
"the roof collapsed on top of me"
cave in fall in subside fall down sag slump settle give give way crumble crumple disintegrate fall to pieces come apart- cause (something) to fall down or give way
"it feels as if the slightest pressure would collapse it"
- (of a lung or blood vessel) become flat and empty with the walls fallen inwards
"she was so dehydrated that her veins had collapsed"
- cause (a lung or blood vessel) to collapse
"he had an operation to collapse his lung"
- (of a person) fall down and become unconscious as a result of illness or injury
"he collapsed from loss of blood"
- sit or lie down as a result of exhaustion or amusement
"exhausted, he collapsed on the bed"
- fail suddenly and completely
"the talks collapsed last week over territorial issues"
break down fail fall through fold founder fall flat miscarry go wrong come to nothing come to grief be frustrated be unsuccessful not succeed disintegrate- (of a price or currency) drop suddenly in value
"the price of oil collapsed"
- fold or be foldable into a small space
"some cots collapse down to fit into a holdall"
- compress a displayed part of (a spreadsheet or other electronic document)
"tabulation programs can be used to collapse this list in various ways"