COLLAPSE
\kəlˈaps], \kəlˈaps], \k_ə_l_ˈa_p_s]\
Definitions of COLLAPSE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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fold or close up, as of an umbrella or a music stand
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a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
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an abrupt failure of function or health
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lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
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suffer a nervous breakdown
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cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
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an abrupt failure of function or health
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lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
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suffer a nervous breakdown
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cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
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fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"
By Princeton University
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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.
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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.
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A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
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A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
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Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.
By Oddity Software
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A falling in or together; sudden and complete failure; general prostration.
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To fall in; break down.
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Collapsible.
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