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Collapse

🔄 Synonyms of "Collapse"

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
cracknoun	(intransitive) To form cracks.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
burstverb	(intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
tumbleverb	(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
crashnoun	A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
foundernoun	One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
flopnoun	(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
crumpleverb	(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
break upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
cave inverb	To collapse inward or downward.
give wayverb	To give precedence to other road users.
crack upverb	To laugh.
crock upverb	(slang, intransitive) To collapse or break down from either physical or psychological problems; to die.
fall inverb	To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
crumbleverb	A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Collapse"

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Word	Definition
crumblenoun	A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
fall inverb	To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
flopnoun	A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
tumblenoun	A fall, especially end over end.
breaknoun	An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
break downnoun	Misspelling of breakdown. [(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.]
burstnoun	An act or instance of bursting.
break upnoun	Alternative form of breakup. [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
cracknoun	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
crashnoun	A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
crumplenoun	A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
give wayverb	To give precedence to other road users.
crack upverb	To laugh.
givenoun	The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
foundernoun	One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
cave innoun	Misspelling of cave-in. [The act of something collapsing or caving in.]
crock upverb	(slang, intransitive) To collapse or break down from either physical or psychological problems; to die.
fallingverb	a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
fallnoun	The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
breakingnoun	The act by which something is broken.