collapse

• break down, literally or metaphorically
• fall apart
• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
• suffer a nervous breakdown
• cause to burst
• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
• the act of throwing yourself down
• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
• fold or close up
• lose significance, effectiveness, or value
• To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel
• To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure
• A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel
• A sudden and complete failure
• Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance

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