collapsing in English

verb

1

(of a structure) fall down or in; give way.

the roof collapsed on top of me

synonyms: cave in, fall in, subside, fall down, give (way), crumple, buckle, sag, slump

2

(of a person) fall down and become unconscious, typically through illness or injury.

he collapsed from loss of blood

synonyms: faint, pass out, black out, lose consciousness, keel over, swoon, conk out

3

(of an institution or undertaking) fail suddenly and completely.

in the face of such resolve his opposition finally collapsed

synonyms: break down, fail, fall through, fold, founder, miscarry, come to grief, be unsuccessful, end, flop, fizzle out

4

fold or be folded to fit into a small space.

some cots collapse down to fit into a bag

verb

cave in, fall in, subside, fall down, give (way), crumple, buckle, sag, slump
faint, pass out, black out, lose consciousness, keel over, swoon, conk out
break down, go to pieces, lose control, be overcome, crumble, crack up
break down, fail, fall through, fold, founder, miscarry, come to grief, be unsuccessful, end, flop, fizzle out
break down
break down, tumble, crumple, crumble
give, founder, fall in, give way, break, cave in
crock up, crack up, break up, crack
burst

Use "collapsing" in a sentence

1. The stock market's collapsing.

2. Collapsing Blastocysts with an ICSI needle

3. "Collapsing upwards among the fans".

4. 22 The bridge was in danger of collapsing.

5. The bridge was in danger of collapsing.

6. Others had been crushed under collapsing homes.

7. The building is in danger of collapsing.

8. Small businesses have been collapsing one after another.

9. Props were used to prevent the roof collapsing.

10. He actually succeeded for a moment before collapsing.

11. 24 The building is in danger of collapsing.

12. Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing.

13. Figure la illustrates the situation in the collapsing stage.

14. Near me, men were collapsing in the dirty snow.

15. 8 Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing.

16. The miners used special braces to keep the walls from collapsing.

17. The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.

18. High speed viterbi decoding and detection using an iterative trellis collapsing algorithm

19. The other is used for the falling and collapsing of gob.

20. Just enough stability to keep it from collapsing into anarchy.

21. The gallery is collapsing; woodworm and dry rot threaten the structure.

22. Most of the deaths were caused by landslides and collapsing buildings.

23. Cave in (plural Cave ins) The act of something collapsing or caving in

24. Income tax remains unchanged, but the tariffs on business are collapsing.

25. 28 Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing.

26. And there I lived in a collapsing apartment building in Harlem with roommates.

27. It was able to build up to a pretty huge volcano without collapsing.

28. Another word for Crumbling: disintegrating, collapsing, deteriorating, decaying, eroding Collins English Thesaurus

29. Berrier was rushed to hospital on Thursday after collapsing during a game of the

30. Houses are collapsing, trees are being uprooted, telephone lines are falling to the ground.

31. Perestroika was unable to reverse the collapsing Soviet economy despite Gorbachev's best efforts.

32. She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.

33. The device further comprises an actuating drive (26) for spreading or collapsing the segments.

34. California High school football player in Sacramento dies after collapsing during game California / 4 hours ago

35. The older method entailed the risk of being buried alive by collapsing river banks.

36. Normally I' d cut the main power, but this baby' s got a collapsing circuit

37. But he is a man presiding over a collapsing economy and a discredited political system.

38. Her wordy text clearly aims for the sublime, but it ends up collapsing into the ridiculous.

39. Buttresses[edit] A buttressis a reinforcing structure that prevents a wall from bowing outwards and collapsing

40. The concealment of information prevented the population from finding alternatives to the collapsing public distribution system.

41. They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy.

42. If a core continues collapsing beyond the neutron star stage, it may become a black hole.

43. The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground.

44. His partner in crime, Myra Hindley, also underwent tests after collapsing in her cell at Highpoint prison.

45. But hysteric she was, subject to the fatal political weakness of collapsing in time of trouble.

46. The policeman, with unbelievable fortitude, was able to disarm the attacker before collapsing from his wounds.

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48. The Chimneys went from “just-built” in the 1880s to abandoned and collapsing in barely 50 years

49. The living room inside is lit by the remains of a log fire, collapsing now into ashes.

50. Some icebergs are so unstable that they have more dramatic ends, heaving up, collapsing, and sometimes even exploding.