tower collapse
Tall building falls
Tower collapse is the structural failure of a tall building or structure, causing it to fall in on itself or topple.
The term gained particular weight after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when the World Trade Center towers collapsed: We watched the tower collapse in disbelief.
Also used for demolitions, engineering failures, or natural disasters that bring down towers.
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- crumbleFragment gradually
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
- fallDescend under gravity
building · dust · destruction · crash · wreckage · steel · concrete · pancake · implode · 9/11 · ground zero · earthquake · structural · structural integrity · failure · building codes · smoke · sirens
- infrastructure failurespotholes, dam breach, power outage, water main breaks, water main break
- collapsesstructural failure, cave-in, dam failure, crumbling, buckling
- skyscraper moviesKing Kong, Die Hard, high-rise, observation deck, window washer
controlled vs. uncontrolled destruction
tower collapsecontrolled demolition
Deliberate structural collapse
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