collapse
collapse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
- 3.A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.]
- 4.(Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing o
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- addle
- alone
- anvil
- battle
- complete
- down
- drawn
- drop
- fall
- fire
- forget
- game
- going
- halves
- hand
- hang
- incomplete
- incompleteness
- inexecution
- leave
- let
- lose
- lull
- neglect
- noncompletion
- nonfulfillment
- nonperformance
- not
- ongoing
- out
- oven
- parboil
- proceeding
- progress
- put
- scotch
- short
- shortcoming
- sight
- sketchy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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