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1. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] break down, literally or metaphorically.
Synonyms
- give
- slide down
- slump
- flop
- give way
- change
- crumple
- burst
- cave in
- sink
- implode
- buckle
- abandon
- go off
- founder
- fall in
- break
Antonyms
- stay
- destabilize
- enable
- loosen
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Collapse
- straps
- scraps
- relapse
- perhaps
- traps
- snaps
- slaps
- schnapps
- flaps
- elapse
- craps
- crapps
- claps
- zaps
- yaps
- wraps
- taps
- saps
- raps
- naps
- maps
- lapps
- knapp's
- kaps
- kappes
- japs
- gaps
- gap's
- chaps
- caps
How do you pronounce collapse?
Pronounce collapse as kəˈlæps.
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How do you spell collapse? Is it colapse ?
A common misspelling of collapse is colapse
Sentences with collapse
1. Noun, singular or mass
Dior had started working for a clothing company on the verge of collapse after the war.
2. Verb, base form
It is made to collapse upon impact and care should be taken when working with the column.
Quotes about collapse
1. Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.
- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
2. What are you grinning at?"Katsa demanded for the third or fourth time. "Is the ceiling about to cave in on my head or something? You look like we're both on the verge of an enormous joke.""Katsa, only you would consider the collapse of the ceiling a good joke.
- Kristin Cashore, Graceling
3. True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown.
- Nikos Kazantzakis
2. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack.
Synonyms
- suffer
- go over
- have
- drop like flies
- get
- sustain
- break down
Antonyms
- refuse
- shrink
- hide
- ascend
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
3. collapse
noun. ['kəˈlæps'] an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion.
Synonyms
- heat hyperpyrexia
- sickness
- unwellness
- heatstroke
- algidity
- crack-up
- illness
- prostration
- shock
- breakdown
Antonyms
- disinherit
- stand still
- inelasticity
- forbid
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
4. collapse
noun. ['kəˈlæps'] a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in.
Synonyms
- fiasco
- debacle
- occurrence
- happening
- implosion
- subsidence
- cave in
- natural event
Antonyms
- take office
- resist
- take
- deny
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
5. collapse
noun. ['kəˈlæps'] the act of throwing yourself down.
Synonyms
- descent
Antonyms
- requisition
- claim
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
6. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] lose significance, effectiveness, or value.
Antonyms
- rise
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
7. collapse
noun. ['kəˈlæps'] a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
Synonyms
- occurrence
- crash
- happening
- natural event
Antonyms
- borrow
- breastfeed
- starve
- bottlefeed
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
8. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] fold or close up.
Synonyms
- concertina
- deflate
- turn up
- fold up
Antonyms
- decontaminate
- clean
- unstring
- stabilize
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
9. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] cause to burst.
Synonyms
- founder
- give
- fall in
- give way
- burst
- cave in
- break
Antonyms
- dissimilate
- increase
- demilitarize
- dehydrogenate
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)
10. collapse
verb. ['kəˈlæps'] suffer a nervous breakdown.
Synonyms
- suffer
- have
- crock up
- crack up
- get
- sustain
- crack
Antonyms
- achiever
- succeed
- function
- deconcentrate
Etymology
- collapsus (Latin)