recollapsed

Fell in twice

Recollapsed means collapsed again after a previous collapse and some degree of recovery or reinflation.

A lung that recollapsed after surgery requires further intervention.

A building temporarily shored up may recollapse.

The souffle recollapsed before we could serve it.

The word implies a return to a failed state.

structural

cave-in

Underground passage collapse

buckle · deflation · sinkhole · caved · folded · gave way · pancaked · compressed · flattened · crushed

relapse

backslide

Revert to bad habits

worsen · setback · recurrence · decline · degenerate · return · revert · fallback · regression · slipped back

medical

lung

Respiratory chest organ

valve · artery · vein · tissue · organ · membrane · stent · graft · surgical · post-operative

economic

market

Venue for trade

downturn · crash · bust · default · bankruptcy · recession · depression · double-dip · correction · plummeted

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structural integrity

recollapsedrestabilized

Made stable again

rebuilt · reinforced · restored · reconstructed · reconstituted

structural state

recollapsedstabilized

Made steady or constant

reinforced · strengthened · fortified · supported · intact

Family

recollapse, recollapsing, recollapses

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