wall collapse
Barrier falls down
A wall collapse is the structural failure of a wall, causing it to fall or cave in.
The term appears in news reports of building disasters, construction accidents, and natural disasters: Three workers were killed in the wall collapse.
It can also describe controlled demolition or gradual deterioration: The wall collapse exposed decades of water damage.
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- crumbleFragment gradually
- crashSudden violent impact
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
building site · dust · bricks · concrete · structural · structural failure · load bearing · failure · cave-in · tumble · destruction · earthquake · seismic activity · impact · shatter · avalanche · tremor · foundation
wall collapseshoring up
Strengthening with supports
buttressing · underpinning · propping up · structural support
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