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as in crumpled
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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as in failed
to be unsuccessful
the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence
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as in compressed
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 fallen
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as in destroyed
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as in unconscious
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Recent Examples of collapsed
Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The South Lebanon Army has just collapsed and Hezbollah are advancing fast while Israel is withdrawing its troops from Lebanon six weeks before its July deadline.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The staffer collapsed and staff immediately performed CPR and called 911, the DA’s office said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
That effort collapsed after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and the ensuing war in Gaza.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
First Brands, a sprawling auto-parts conglomerate, collapsed with over $2 billion reportedly missing from its accounts and more than $10 billion owed to creditors, including some of Wall Street’s biggest firms.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The grain bin collapsed about an hour later, as firefighters worked to find a potential fix.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
After the state distributor Embrafilme was dismantled in 1990, national production nearly collapsed, silencing a generation of filmmakers.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
On Tuesday, efforts had to be suspended for a period due to the sudden movement of a collapsed structure, according to the outlet.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Also, two barns and one home were reportedly struck by lightning in Rogersville, Missouri, which started a small fire on the barn and partially collapsed the porch of the home.
—Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The South Lebanon Army has just collapsed and Hezbollah are advancing fast while Israel is withdrawing its troops from Lebanon six weeks before its July deadline.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The staffer collapsed and staff immediately performed CPR and called 911, the DA’s office said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
That effort collapsed after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and the ensuing war in Gaza.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
First Brands, a sprawling auto-parts conglomerate, collapsed with over $2 billion reportedly missing from its accounts and more than $10 billion owed to creditors, including some of Wall Street’s biggest firms.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The grain bin collapsed about an hour later, as firefighters worked to find a potential fix.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
After the state distributor Embrafilme was dismantled in 1990, national production nearly collapsed, silencing a generation of filmmakers.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collapsed
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His mother found him, crumpled on the floor of his acupuncture studio, in a pool of blood.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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Of course Swift’s legion of devotees would scoff at the notion that their heroine was anything but a pop goddess, their very own Glinda the Good Witch sent to comfort with lyrical poetry and aid crumpled hearts.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Robertson only came onto the pitch after 55 minutes, but was forced to deal with three dangerous back-post crosses in the second half after Liverpool failed to stop deliveries coming from their right side.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Her story was largely overlooked by the national news channels and failed to spark sustained outrage.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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However, by integrating emerging technologies into the existing CMOS platform, the process in our research is significantly compressed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Multiverse’s argument that compressed models significantly cut energy use might also not hold up over time, because cheaper, more accessible AI models will likely attract billions more users.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Empty cans of alcoholic seltzers and a cigarette carton littered the floor beside the fallen balcony.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Oct. 2025
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Her hero, Vernon, is a fallen Gen-Xer trying to survive it all—and the book is critical of his generation’s hypocrisies.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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That was when the seizure occurred, making her fall unconscious.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Upon arriving at her unit, officers found her unconscious and unresponsive; EMS officials responded to the scene and found the actress dead.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Shares of regional banks tumbled on Thursday as fears mounted around the health of their lending businesses.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Shares of both banks tumbled Thursday, dragging down other lenders along with the broader market, as Wall Street turned fearful about potential threats elsewhere and relived memories of Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion just two years ago.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This drama — a remake of an Oscar-winning Argentine film — flopped mightily upon release, but Roberts was quite compelling in it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, the two companies launched a humanoid robot called Pepper — a bet that ultimately flopped, but robotics has now re-emerged as a key focus for the Japanese giant.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Freeman took rookie Chad Patrick deep for the first Dodgers run, and his teammates squeezed a second run out of Brewers closer Abner Uribe in the ninth.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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The iPhone 17′s margin could also be squeezed by an unfavorable product mix and a higher bill of materials cost.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Collapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collapsed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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