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Synonyms & Antonyms for collapse
Synonyms: Verb
buckle, cave (in), crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, tumble, yield
Synonyms: Noun
burnout, exhaustion, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Antonyms: Noun
refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization
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Examples of collapse in a Sentence
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The roof collapsed under a heavy load of snow. The chair he was sitting in collapsed. He collapsed on stage during the performance and had to be rushed to the hospital. She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa. The crying child ran to his mother and collapsed in her arms. The civilization collapsed for reasons that are still unknown. He warned that such measures could cause the economy to collapse.Noun
The structure is in danger of collapse. She was on the verge of collapse. The country has endured civil war and economic collapse.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The vehicle was parked only a few hundred feet from his front door, next to a grain bin collapsed by the floodwaters. — NBC News, "Flooded out, farmers find work rebuilding the levees that failed them," 19 Aug. 2019 United had agreed to sign Paulo Dybala before the deal collapsed. — SI.com, "Anthony Martial: Why Giving the Frenchman the No. 9 Shirt Is Better Than Buying Another Forward," 19 Aug. 2019 That image lost its shine over time, then collapsed, as French police matched exceptionally violent yellow vest anti-government protests with harsh containment tactics that maimed some protesters. — Washington Post, "French police suicide rate climbs, French govt is flummoxed," 18 Aug. 2019 Among his other highlights, Brissett showed great awareness as the pocket collapsed around him on a play during the Colts' second series. — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: Backup QB Jacoby Brissett shines in Colts' loss to Browns, run game doesn't," 17 Aug. 2019 Quackenbush had arrived at the mobile home park just after 7 a.m. to see it aflame, learned the children were still inside, and collapsed. — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, "Family’s civil lawsuit blames property owners, Enstar for death of five girls in 2017 Butte fire," 17 Aug. 2019 Because a black hole is a pure gravitational field left behind when a massive star collapses to a point, the collision involved no matter and produced no visible radiation. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Scientists may have spotted a black hole and a neutron star colliding," 16 Aug. 2019 The Bee reports Hutchings collapsed about seven minutes into the contest, which was held between innings. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Man dies after participating in taco eating contest at minor-league baseball game in California," 15 Aug. 2019 What ushered fisheries collapse there -- whether badly regulated seafood harvesting, withdrawals of river water by cities as far as Atlanta or changes in nature -- remains debated and unresolved. — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida’s oysters in Apalachicola, Cedar Key face climate threats to survival | Special Report," 15 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The last fatal bluff collapse in San Diego County happened Aug. 20, 2008, when 57-year-old Nevada tourist Robert Mellone was crushed by a shower of sand and boulders from a section of bluff above Torrey Pines State Beach. — Los Angeles Times, "Deadly Encinitas cliff collapse is a warning sign for California coast," 5 Aug. 2019 But Tampa Bay, with an elite pitching staff, caught a wave, while the Red Sox dropped like a stone, resulting in one of the most shocking collapses in baseball history on the final day of the season. — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, "Is it over for the Red Sox? Here’s what history says," 5 Aug. 2019 By further driving up the prices of stocks, bonds and real estate, and encouraging risky borrowing, more easy money could set the stage for a collapse in the financial markets. — Ben Carlson, Fortune, "Is Easy Money From the Fed Turning the U.S. Economy Japanese?," 1 Aug. 2019 Price is the latest in a series of high rollers brought low by the stunning collapse of Aequitas in early 2016. — oregonlive.com, "SEC: Gig Harbor investment advisor secretly in cahoots with Aequitas banned from investment business," 26 July 2019 About 1,000 fighters have crossed into Iraq over the past eight months, most of them in the aftermath of the caliphate’s collapse in March, said Hisham al-Hashimi, a security analyst who advises Iraq’s government and foreign aid agencies. — Washington Post, "Hundreds of Islamic State militants are slipping back into Iraq. Their fight isn’t over.," 22 July 2019 But all that changed with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Stein said: With a host of other countries ringing Russia now available to join NATO, Turkey’s geographic location was no longer as important. — Umar Farooq, latimes.com, "Turkey receives missiles from Russia, rebukes from Congress," 13 July 2019 Exploratory drilling for iron ore was conducted at the location in 2012, but those claims were abandoned amid a collapse in iron prices. — USA TODAY, "Crystal Cathedral reborn Catholic, 'Conjuring' house, Wiki ‘editathon’: News from around our 50 states," 11 July 2019 Exploratory drilling for iron ore was conducted at the location in 2012, but those claims were abandoned amid a collapse in iron prices. — Anchorage Daily News, "Australia company seeks OK for exploratory drilling in Alaska," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'collapse.' Views expressed in the examples do not repre