gave way
Buckled under pressure
Gave way means yielded or collapsed under pressure.
A bridge gave way under the weight.
Resistance gave way to acceptance.
In British usage, traffic gives way where Americans would yield.
To give way to an emotion is to surrender to it: She gave way to tears.
- yieldedGave way or produced
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- capitulatedCeased resistance, conceded
- succumbedStopped resisting, gave way
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
buckled · ceded · relented · crumbled · fell apart · acquiesced · surrendered · submitted · parted · imploded · disintegrated · faltered · broke down · moved over · relinquished · stepped aside · caved in · knees
- fell apartcrumbled, shattered, collapsed, disintegrated, broke down
- moved overshifted, slid, scooted, budged, nudged
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
structural integrity
gave wayheld up
Delayed or robbed
stood fast · held · withstood · resisted · supported
yielding versus resisting
gave waystood fast
Remained resolutely unmoved
held out · resisted · dug in · stood one's ground · persisted
give, way, away, given, ways, giving, forgive, forgiveness, giver