collapses
Caves in suddenly
Collapses is the verb and noun plural of collapse.
To collapse is to fall down or cave in suddenly: The roof collapses under the weight of snow.
A person collapses from exhaustion, illness, or shock.
Systems, negotiations, or markets collapse when they fail abruptly: The deal collapses without funding.
As a noun, a collapse is such a failure or breakdown: a series of collapses in the housing market.
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- crashSudden violent impact
- bustFailure or sculpture
- downturnEconomic decline period
meltdown · bankruptcy · default · insolvency · foreclosure · bubble · market · currency
Violent collapse inward
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- toppleCause to fall
crumble · earthquake · tremor · subsidence · landslide · avalanche · foundation · buckling
Body's working component
- lungRespiratory chest organ
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- circulatoryOf blood movement
vascular · systemic · shock · failure · pneumothorax · hemorrhage · sepsis · critical
Break into fragments
- crumbleFragment gradually
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- decomposeBreak into simpler parts
deteriorate · degrade · fragment · fracture · rupture · weaken · fatigue · structural
Weak and indistinct
- blackoutComplete power loss
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
heatstroke · dehydration · overexertion · dizziness · seizure · fall · emergency · paramedic
System of governance
- governmentAuthority over a state
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- downfallSudden loss of power
dissolution · disintegration · empire · dynasty · junta · revolution · uprising · chaos
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- crashSudden violent impact
- bustFailure or sculpture
downturn · meltdown · bankruptcy · default · insolvency · foreclosure · bubble · market · currency · devaluation
implosion
Violent collapse inward
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
topple · crumble · earthquake · tremor · subsidence · landslide · avalanche · foundation · buckling · caving
organ
Body's working component
- lungRespiratory chest organ
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
circulatory · vascular · systemic · shock · failure · pneumothorax · hemorrhage · sepsis · critical · emergency
disintegrate
Break into fragments
decompose · deteriorate · degrade · fragment · fracture · rupture · weaken · fatigue · structural · gradual
faint
Weak and indistinct
- blackoutComplete power loss
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
exhaustion · heatstroke · dehydration · overexertion · dizziness · seizure · fall · emergency · paramedic · stretcher
regime
System of governance
- governmentAuthority over a state
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
downfall · dissolution · disintegration · empire · dynasty · junta · revolution · uprising · chaos · anarchy
fold
Bend onto itself
telescope · portable · accordion · umbrella · tent · stroller · chair · table · luggage · nested
- breaks downfalls apart, crumbles, disintegrates, analyzes, separates
- comes downfalls, drops, descends, plummets, sinks
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- mismanagementmishandling, dysfunction, misuse, incompetence, inefficiency
- sitting downtakes a seat, plops, settles, perches, squats
collapsesstands
Remains upright; tolerates
holds · stabilizes · withstands · strengthens · reinforces
- financial collapseCatastrophic failure of markets
- economic collapseCatastrophic failure of finances
- structural collapseFramework giving way
- stock collapseRapid decline in equities
- mental collapseAcute psychological failure
- bridge collapseStructure over water falling
collapse, collapsed, collapsing, collapsible, collapsable, recollapse, uncollapsed, recollapsed, recollapsing