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Found in thesaurus: malady, sickness, mischance, descent, happening, occurrence, have, suffer, fold up, turn up, weaken
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v.
fall in, suddenly fall apart; fail; suddenly lose consciousness; cause to collapse
n.
breakdown, crash; falling in; compression, hiding of subdirectories or libraries which are secondary to the heading of the current library (Computers)
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Collapse may refer to:
- Entertainment
- Film and literature
- Collapse (film), a documentary directed by Chris Smith and starring Michael Ruppert
- Collapse (journal), a journal of philosophical research and development published in the United Kingdom
- , a book by Jared M. Diamond
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Collapse!
Collapse! is a series of award-winning tile-matching puzzle video games by GameHouse, a software company in Seattle, Washington. In 2007, Super Collapse! 3 became the first game to win the Game of the Year at the inaugural Zeebys.
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Noun
1. an abrupt failure of function or health
(hypernym) illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
(hyponym) breakdown, crack-up
(derivation) crack up, crack, crock up, break up
2. a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
(hypernym) mishap, misadventure, mischance
(hyponym) cave in, subsidence
(derivation) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
3. the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
(synonym) flop
(hypernym) descent
4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
(synonym) crash
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(derivation) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) implode, go off
(verb-group) abandon, give up
(derivation) crash
2. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
(synonym) break down
(hypernym) suffer, sustain, have, get
(hyponym) fall over, go over
3. fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"
(hypernym) fold, fold up, turn up
(hyponym) deflate
4. fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
(synonym) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down
(hypernym) change integrity
5. cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
(synonym) burst
(hyponym) pop
(cause) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
(verb-group) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
6. suffer a nervous breakdown
(synonym) crack up, crack, crock up, break up
(hypernym) suffer, sustain, have, get
7. lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) crash
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v.
zřítit se; zhroutit se; zkolabovat; zhroutit se; složit (se)
n.
zhroucení; zřícení; kolaps
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Czas.
zawalić się; runąć; padać; upadać; bankrutować; składać się
Rzecz.
krach; upadek; zawalenie się; runięcie; załamanie
