Synonym: break down, crash, fail, topple. Similar words: collar, collaboration, collect, college, colleague, collector, collection, collective. Meaning: [kə'læps] 
n. 1. an abrupt failure of function or health 2. a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in 3. the act of throwing yourself down 4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). v. 1. break down, literally or metaphorically 2. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack 3. fold or close up 4. fall apart 5. cause to burst 6. suffer a nervous breakdown 7. lose significance, effectiveness, or value.
n. 1. an abrupt failure of function or health 2. a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in 3. the act of throwing yourself down 4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). v. 1. break down, literally or metaphorically 2. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack 3. fold or close up 4. fall apart 5. cause to burst 6. suffer a nervous breakdown 7. lose significance, effectiveness, or value. 
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91 The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
92 The company had huge debts and was on the brink of collapse.
93 The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented.
94 I thought that without me the whole project would collapse.
95 The coup's collapse has speeded up the drive to independence.
96 When I get home I like to collapse on the sofa and listen to music.
97 He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
98 I wanted to collapse on the bed and scream.
99 Unemployment and economic collapse have changed our views.
100 Under such circumstances,(http://sentencedict.com/collapse.html) the economy would collapse.
101 Their falsehood puts it in danger of collapse.
102 His abrupt departure left her close to collapse.
103 Then, the immune system begins to collapse.
104 Roy is recovering from last week's collapse.
105 I went to collapse on my bunk.
106 If so[sentencedict.com], the whole edifice so carefully reconstructed by Finnis is in danger of collapse.
107 At $ 3, 300, the price might also collapse the average Kmart shopper.
108 Horse racing's decline was deepened by last year's collapse in bloodstock values.
109 The pressure of the expanding beans forced the western outer wall to collapse.
110 Yet his subsequent collapse from hero to villain has been as sudden as a Patriot missile strike.
111 I certainly did not want existing company schemes to collapse and saw no reason why this should happen.
112 The no-hair theorem implies that a large amount of information is lost in a gravitational collapse.
113 For most of them the railway symbolized dispossession and in some cases the collapse of their traditional economies.
114 The most extreme pessimists foretell a future of demographically driven privation, environmental overshoot, and economic collapse.
115 Newman lit a cigarette, blew smoke rings, watched them float up, collapse against a heavy wooden beam.
116 Without them sizable part of its economy would be in danger of collapse.
117 Experts have reported that rock falls have already begun, and that the ceiling of the chamber may collapse within two years.
118 The implosion of the Soviet regimes and the ensuing collapse of state capitalism caused great suffering to women.
119 The second-half collapse was subtle at first but sudden when it finally happened.
120 At some later date, a slight glacial retreat would weaken the dam wall and its subsequent collapse would prove catastrophic.
More similar words: collar, collaboration, collect, college, colleague, collector, collection, collective, colloquial, perhaps, lap, slap, upset, glimpse, all along, all at once, as well as, all around, installation, surveillance, Color., color, doll, toll, poll, roll, column, colony, follow, roll in.