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(verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" |
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Related Words: weaken |
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(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
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Synonyms: break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way |
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Related Words: break, buckle, change, crumple, flop, go off, implode, sink, slide down, slump |
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(verb) cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" |
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Synonyms: burst |
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(verb) fold or close up, as of an umbrella or a music stand |
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Related Words: concertina, deflate, fold, fold up, turn up |
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(noun) a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in |
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Related Words: cave in, debacle, fiasco, implosion, misadventure, mischance, mishap, subsidence |
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(noun) an abrupt failure of function or health |
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Related Words: breakdown, crack-up, illness, malady, shock, sickness |
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(verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |
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Synonyms: break down |
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Related Words: fall over, go over |
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(noun) the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
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Synonyms: flop |
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Related Words: descent |
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(noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
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Synonyms: crash |
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Related Words: happening, natural event, occurrence |
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(verb) suffer a nervous breakdown |
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Synonyms: break up, crack, crack up, crock up |
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Related Words: get, have, suffer, sustain |
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(verb) fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down" |
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Synonyms: break down, crumble, crumple, tumble |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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