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Definitions of collapse

The word collapse uses 8 letters: a, c, e, l, l, o, p, s

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Meanings of collapse

v. i. - To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

v. i. - To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

n. - A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

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