Related Words for collapse

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flop
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Noun, Noun
break
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Noun, Noun
burst
/
Noun, Noun
crumble
/x
Noun, Noun, Verb
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
give
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
crash
/
Verb, Noun
crumple
/x
Noun, Noun
crack
/
Noun, Noun
founder
/x
Noun, Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Noun
break up
//
Phrase, Noun
crack up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb, Adjective
fall in
/x
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
implode
x/
Verb
meltdown
/x
Noun
disintegrate
x/xx
Verb
demise
x/
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
downfall
/x
Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
destabilization
xxxx/x
Noun
explosion
x/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
rupture
/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun
explode
x/
Verb
fall
/
Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
weakening
/xx
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
topple
/x
Verb
plummeting
/xx
Verb
doomed
/
Verb
calamity
x/xx
Noun
upheaval
x/x
Noun
ruin
/x
Noun
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
expansion
x/x
Noun
instability
xx/xx
Noun
decay
x/
Noun
unraveling
x/xx
Noun
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
deformation
xx/x
Noun
takeover
/xx
Noun
dislocation
x//x
Noun
boom
/
Noun
stabilization
xxx/x
Noun
hyperinflation
xxx/x
Noun
annihilation
xxx/x
Noun
sagging
/x
Verb
deflation
x/x
Noun
fallout
/x
Noun
cataclysmic
xx/x
Adjective
disruption
x/x
Noun
debacle
x/x
Noun
dismantling
x/xx
Noun
degeneration
xxx/x
Noun
loss
/
Noun
turmoil
/x
Noun
cave in
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cave
/
Noun
fall down
//
Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
fold
/
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
drop
/
Noun
flatten
/x
Verb
fall to pieces
///x
Phrase, Verb
give in
/x
Phrase, Verb
melt down
//
Phrase, Verb
domino
/xx
Noun
take down
//
Phrase, Verb
fall apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall over
//x
Phrase, Verb
fold up
//
Phrase, Verb
cavern
/x
Noun
prolapse
x/
Noun
compress
/x
Noun
crevasse
x/
Noun
cascade
x/
Noun
lapse
/
Noun
come apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bring down
//
Phrase, Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
unfold
x/
Verb
hole up
//
Phrase, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun
disappear
xx/
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
faint
/
Adjective
crater
/x
Noun
blow up
//
Phrase, Verb
keel
/
Noun
subside
x/
Verb
coop
/
Noun
retire
x/
Verb
fade
/
Noun
cling
/
Verb
curl up
//
Phrase, Verb
shell
/
Noun
descend
x/
Verb
break into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
avalanche
/xx
Noun
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
kick in
/x
Phrase, Verb
coll
/
Noun
disband
x/
Verb
downsize
/x
Verb
cleave
/
Noun
erupt
x/
Verb
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
crush
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun
fall off
//
Phrase, Verb
flat
/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective
fragment
/x
Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
decompress
xx/
Verb
vertebral
/xx
Verb, Adjective
overshoot
/xx
Adverb
circulatory
/xxxx
Adjective
cardiovascular
xxx/xx
Verb, Adjective
verge
/
Noun
alveolar
x/xx
Verb
bowling
/x
Verb
stave
/
Verb
vasomotor
/x/x
Adjective
brink
/
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
communism
/xxx
Noun
gravitational
xx/xx
Adjective
peso
/x
Noun
lobar
x/
Adjective
bubble
/x
Noun
utterly
/xx
Adverb
bloc
/
Noun
alveoli
x/xx
Noun
osteoporotic
xxxx/x
Adjective
ignominious
xx/xx
Adjective
cardiorespiratory
xxx/xxxx
Adjective
ventricular
x/xx
Adverb
abyss
x/
Noun
antecedent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
bankrupt
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
breach
/
Noun, Verb
breakage
/x
Noun
breakup
/x
Noun
buckle
/x
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
capitulation
xxx/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chute
/
Noun, Verb
closure
/x
Noun
compute
x/
Verb, Noun
concertina
xx/x
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
decommissioning
xx/xx
Noun
decomposition
xxx/x
Noun
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
default
x/
Noun, Verb
defeat
x/
Noun, Verb
define
x/
Verb, Noun
deflate
x/
Verb
degradation
xx/x
Noun
demolition
xx/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
detonate
/xx
Verb
devastation
xx/x
Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disorganization
xxxx/x
Noun
dissolution
xx/x
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
eruption
x/x
Noun
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
expanded
x/x
Adjective
exposure
x/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
extinguishment
x/xx
Noun
extirpation
/xxx
Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fate
/
Noun, Verb
fiasco
x/x
Noun
fragmentation
xx/x
Noun
grub
/
Noun, Verb
hint
/
Noun, Verb
incur
x/
Verb
insolvency
x/xx
Noun
landfill
/x
Noun, Verb
landslide
/x
Noun, Verb
markedly
/xx
Adverb
melt
/
Verb, Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
ouster
/x
Noun, Verb
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
paralysis
x/xx
Noun
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
rubble
/x
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
settling
/xx
Noun
shedding
/x
Noun
shipwreck
/x
Noun, Verb
shock
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sink
/
Noun, Verb
sinkhole
/x
Noun, Verb
skew
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
smash
/
Verb, Noun
standstill
/x
Noun
unravelling
x/xx
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
wreck
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective