recollapses
Crumbles once more
Recollapses means to collapse again after a previous collapse and partial or full recovery.
The word appears in medical contexts where a lung or blood vessel fails after treatment, in physics describing stars or structures, and in everyday situations: The tent recollapses every time the wind picks up.
Her lung recollapses whenever she exerts herself.
Breaks into fragments
- tumblesFalls in disarray
- cavesNatural underground chambers
- bucklesStrap-fastening devices
- implodesCollapses violently inward
folds · gives way · deflates · compresses · flattens · crunches · pancakes · telescopes
Returns to illness
- revertsReturns to earlier condition
- regressesReturns to prior condition
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
- deterioratesBecomes progressively worse
degenerates · retrogresses · succumbs · worsens · recurs · returns · repeats · resurfaces
Drops or wash basins
- subsidesDiminishes in intensity
- plummetsFalls straight down fast
- slumpsFalls or droops suddenly
- faltersLoses steadiness or confidence
wanes · ebbs · crashes · tanks · nosedives · drops · falls · descends
Varies irregularly over time
- oscillatesMoves rhythmically between points
- waversFails to decide
- vacillatesFluctuates between positions
- seesawsBalanced playground planks
yo-yos · rebounds · bounces · cycles · swings · teeters · wobbles · destabilizes
crumbles
Breaks into fragments
implodes · folds · gives way · deflates · compresses · flattens · crunches · pancakes · telescopes · crushes
relapses
Returns to illness
- revertsReturns to earlier condition
- regressesReturns to prior condition
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
deteriorates · degenerates · retrogresses · succumbs · worsens · recurs · returns · repeats · resurfaces · reappears
sinks
Drops or wash basins
falters · wanes · ebbs · crashes · tanks · nosedives · drops · falls · descends · dips
fluctuates
Varies irregularly over time
- oscillatesMoves rhythmically between points
- waversFails to decide
- vacillatesFluctuates between positions
seesaws · yo-yos · rebounds · bounces · cycles · swings · teeters · wobbles · destabilizes
recollapsesholds
Keeps in possession
endures · persists · withstands · strengthens · stabilizes
recollapsesrestabilizes
Makes steady once more
reconsolidates · bounces back · resurges · consolidates · rallies