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Word entry · 8 letters

collapse

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"Suddenly fall down"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /kəˈlæps/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acellopsStarts with CEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

Word origin

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).

Used in a sentence

  • A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
  • Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
  • However much we like to think of ourselves as something special in world history, in fact industrial societies are subject to the same principles that caused earlier societies to collapse.

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