Collapse

Verb

 * 1)  To fall down suddenly; to cave in
 * 2)  To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown
 * 3)  To fold compactly
 * 4)  For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
 * 5)  To cause something to collapse.

Noun

 * 1) The act of collapsing
 * 2) Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Adjectives for Collapse
moral; constant; painful; cataclysmic; progressive; widespread; nervous; complete; disgraceful; simulated; eventual; imminent; inevitable; pretended; subsequent; tragic; alleged; disastrous.

Verbs for Collapse
fall into—; guard against—; hasten—; insure—; predict—; shrink in—; sink into—; verge on—; —discourages; presage—.

Adverbs for Collapse
utterly; invariably; tragically; partially; fatally; completely; ruinously; disastrously; fearfully; wretchedly; dramatically.

Thesaurus
break, break down, break out, break up, breakability, breakage, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, brittleness, burn out, bust, cascade, catabasis, cataclysm, cataract, catastrophe, catch, catch cold, cave, cave in, cave-in, changeableness, chute, circulatory collapse, collapse, come apart, come down, come down with, come short, come to naught, come to nothing, come unstuck, comedown, conk out, conquering, conquest, contract, crack, crack up, crack-up, crackup, crash, crippling, cropper, crumble, crumple, daintiness, damage, deathblow, debacle, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, defeat, deflate, deflation, defluxion, delicacy, descend, descending, descension, descent, destructibility, destruction, detriment, dilapidation, diminish, diminuendo, dip down, disablement, disappear, disappearance, disaster, disintegrate, disintegration, disorganization, disrepair, disruption, dissolution, dissolve, dive, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, draining, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dropping, drubbing, dwindling, ebb, effeminacy, encroachment, erupt, evaporate, exhaust, exhaustedness, exhaustion, fade, fag, fail, failure, faint, fall, fall away, fall dead, fall down, fall flat, fall in, fall off, fall short, fall stillborn, fall through, fall to pieces, falling, fatigue, fever, fizzle out, flag, flimsiness, fold, fold up, founder, fragility, frailty, frangibility, gasp, get, get bogged down, get hung up, get mired, get tired, give out, give way, go, go bankrupt, go broke, go down, go downhill, go into receivership, go into shock, go soft, go to pieces, go to pot, go to ruin, go to smash, go under, go up, gravitate, gravitation, grow weary, harm, hiding, hit the skids, hobbling, human frailty, hurt, hurting, impairment, implode, implosion, incapacitation, inclination, indecisiveness, infirmity of will, infringement, inherent vice, injury, inroad, insolvency, insufficient funds, irresolution, jade, keel over, kited check, lack, lag, lambasting, languish, lapse, lathering, licking, lightness, lose altitude, lose ground, loss, maiming, mastery, mayhem, mischief, moral weakness, mutilation, nervous breakdown, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neurasthenia, nose dive, not answer, not hack it, not make it, not make out, not measure up, not stretch, not suffice, overcoming, overdose, overdraft, overdrawn account, overthrow, overturn, pant, parachute, pass out, peg out, peter out, pine, pitch, play out, plummet, plummeting, plunge, poop out, pounce, pour down, pratfall, precipitate, prostration, puff, puff and blow, puncture, quietus, rain, rapids, receivership, remission, retreat, ruin, ruination, ruining, ruinousness, run a temperature, run down, run out, run short, sabotage, scathe, shatter, shipwreck, shut down, sicken, sickening, sink, sleaziness, slightness, slowdown, slump, smash, smashup, spoiling, stoop, stop short, stumble, subdual, subduing, subjugation, subsidence, succumb, sway, swoon, swoop, tailspin, take, take ill, thrashing, tire, topple, topple down, topple over, total loss, totter, trend downward, trimming, trouncing, tumble, undoing, unsubstantiality, vanquishment, velleity, wane, want, washout, waterfall, weaken, weakening, wear away, wear thin, weary, wheeze, whipping, wilt, wispiness, womanishness, wrack, wreck, yield

Etymology
From collapsus (past participle of collabi)

Verb

 * Bulgarian: срутвам се
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , lyyhistyä
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჩამონგრევა
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჩამონგრევა
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ڕوخان
 * Persian: افتادن، فرو ربختن
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: prăbuși
 * Russian: разрушаться, разрушиться ; обваливаться , обвалиться ; оседать , осесть
 * Spanish: derrumbarse, desplomarse
 * Russian: разрушаться, разрушиться ; обваливаться , обвалиться ; оседать , осесть
 * Spanish: derrumbarse, desplomarse


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian:, ,
 * Romanian: prăbușire
 * Spanish: derrumbarse, desplomarse


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian: складываться, сложиться ; сворачиваться , свернуться ;


 * Spanish: colapsar


 * Bulgarian: срутвам
 * Finnish: romauttaa, romahduttaa, purkaa, kaataa
 * Italian: far collassare, far crollare


 * Russian: складывать, сложить ; сворачивать , свернуть ;

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: срутване
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: romahdus, sortuminen, luhistuminen
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew: התמוטטות (hitmot'et'ut), קריסה (qrisa)
 * Italian: collasso (in medicine), crollo  (material and financial), tracollo (in finance)
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: colaps
 * Spanish:


 * Italian: funzione costante, collasso

Anagrams

 * escallop