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as in to tumble
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people
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2
as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence
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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey
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as in exhaustion
a complete depletion of energy or strength
suffered a mental collapse under the strain of studying for his bar exam
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as in defeat
a falling short of one's goals
the complete collapse of the invasion set off a round of finger-pointing and recrimination
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Recent Examples of collapse
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas collapsed in recent weeks, with each side blaming the other.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
This approach is meant to reduce risk and prevent the kind of collapses that shook the crypto world in recent years.
—Drew O'Connor, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Lose that, and even the smartest models would collapse.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas collapsed in recent weeks, with each side blaming the other.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
And instead of investigating a tilting roof complaint, inspectors were dealing with the aftermath of a collapse.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
This approach is meant to reduce risk and prevent the kind of collapses that shook the crypto world in recent years.
—Drew O'Connor, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collapse
Verb
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The man tumbled hundreds of feet down the mountain, suffering cuts, scrapes, bruises and a leg injury that left him unable to move, rangers said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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CrowdStrike: Investors should consider buying CrowdStrike as shares tumble due to a broad slump in the cybersecurity sector.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Crucially, many systems still fail to consider complexities like second marriages, age diversity, regional variation or cross-cultural compatibility.—
Anuradha Gupta,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Guests who fail to comply will be asked to cease smoking.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The monitor measures 16 by 24 by 8.1 inches (HWD) compressed and reaches 20.3 inches when fully extended.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Aug. 2025
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Without new memories, days and week blur into each other and time feels compressed.—
Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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The exhaustion and boredom is certainly a factor, but these books just aren’t making a strong case for themselves anymore.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Between stress, shame, emotional disconnection, the current state of the world being challenging, and just plain exhaustion, desire can come and go.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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That’s twice as many defeats as victories in games decided by a single run.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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That game also ended up being a soul-crushing loss for the reeling Bombers, as other newbies Camilo Doval, David Bednar and José Caballero also played pivotal parts in the defeat.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Preston went missing for the first time in 1990, McCollum said.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Other posts remain online long after going viral — even if the comments section is flooded with fans noting that a video or picture is falsified or abusive.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
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Field gave a presentation to the startup’s board, self-assuredly outlining his research about the features users loved and which ones flopped.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Ewers was impressive finding A.J. Henning on one throw and squeezed a pass into a tight window to running back Ollie Gordon II.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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To squeeze all this into exactly 100 days between Wrexham staging a promotion party after last season had ended and Tuesday’s cup tie against Hull is impressive.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Collapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collapse. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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