collapse

Word Type

v. i.

collapse Meaning Definition

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.

Synonyms for collapse

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Synonym Search Links for collapse

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