Synonyms for collapse
kəˈlæpscol·lapse

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1. collapse, prostrationnoun

   an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

   "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

   Synonyms:
   flop, prostration, crash

2. collapsenoun

   a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

   "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

   Synonyms:
   flop, prostration, crash

3. flop, collapsenoun

   the act of throwing yourself down

   "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

   Synonyms:
   flop, floating-point operation, dud, bust, washout, fizzle, crash, prostration

4. crash, collapseverb

   a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

   Synonyms:
   clangour, flop, prostration, clank, smash, clangoring, crash, clangor, wreck, clash, clang

5. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb

   break down, literally or metaphorically

   "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

   Synonyms:
   crack, consecrate, break away, give way, unwrap, devote, contribute, chip in, give out, split up, conk out, part, have, afford, hold, die, transgress, founder, weaken, crumple, bump, discover, snap off, turn over, go, demote, ease up, break out, separate, split, hand, gift, crack up, damp, smash, render, move over, feed, pay, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, open, get around, interrupt, wear out, grant, establish, break-dance, stop, check, break up, breach, develop, fall flat, give, return, apply, present, better, cave in, make, offend, go bad, impart, generate, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, give away, reach, recrudesce, tumble, break dance, go against, dampen, throw, fall in, soften, break in, let out, dedicate, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, burst, pass, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, fall through, join, expose, break, crock up, discontinue, intermit, flop, leave, yield, get together, commit, sacrifice, wear, kick in, pass on

6. break down, collapseverb

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

   Synonyms:
   go, conk out, give way, crack up, founder, give, break down, cave in, crush, dissect, analyse, break, take apart, die, lose it, snap, crumble, decompose, burst, break up, give out, tumble, crack, fall in, analyze, fail, crumple, crock up, go bad

7. collapseverb

   fold or close up

   "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"

   Synonyms:
   crack up, break down, give, break up, crumple, give way, tumble, crumble, crock up, fall in, founder, cave in, break, crack, burst

8. crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapseverb

   fall apart

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

   Synonyms:
   topple, crease, analyze, buckle, crack, crack up, rumple, cave in, fail, snap, twig, whirl, go bad, tumble, break up, decay, cotton on, give, crock up, knit, get wise, conk out, analyse, whirl around, fall apart, give out, crumble, cockle, catch on, go, fall in, get onto, wrinkle, break, crumple, pucker, die, decompose, get it, latch on, dissect, break down, give way, crush, take apart, dilapidate, burst, lose it, crinkle, founder, tip

9. collapse, burstverb

   cause to burst

   "The ice broke the pipe"

   Synonyms:
   bristle, split, give way, crack up, break down, give, crack, cave in, founder, break open, break, crumble, crock up, erupt, burst, break up, bust, tumble, fall in, abound, crumple, explode

10. crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapseverb

    suffer a nervous breakdown

    Synonyms:
    fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, interrupt, crash, burst, split up, pick, break through, snap, dismantle, break up, recess, fall in, cave in, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, give, dissolve, crumble, founder, give way, crack, disassemble, break apart, crumple, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, tumble, check

11. collapseverb

    lose significance, effectiveness, or value

    "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"

    Synonyms:
    crack up, break down, give, break up, crumple, give way, tumble, crumble, crock up, fall in, founder, cave in, break, crack, burst

Matched Categories

1. • Change Integrity
   • Descent
   • Fold Up
   • Happening
   • Suffer
   • Weaken

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1. crater

   fall suddenly, plummet, crash, plunge

   the stock market cratered in response to news of falling oil prices.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. collapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   falling together, falling in (as the sides of a flue)

2. collapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) prostration, exhaustion, extreme depression

3. collapseverb

   Synonyms:
   fall together, fall in

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1. List of paraphrases for "collapse":

   meltdown, breakdown, break-up, disintegration, fall, cave-in, bankruptcy, demise, failure, collapsed, collapses, crash, downfall, slump, sinking, subsidence, crumble, sinkhole, drop, breakup, landslide, decline, debacle, bust, implosion, ruin

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How to use collapse in a sentence?

1. Goldman Sachs:

   The prognosis for the oil market is even more dire than in November 2014, when such a price war last started, as it comes to a head with the signi?cant collapse in oil demand due to the coronavirus.

2. Michael Shoebridge:

   For all the years of engagement with Australia, Beijing doesn't understand the place or the people, bullying Australians achieves the opposite of acquiescence and subservience. And Beijing's coercion of Australia, now using our trade as a weapon, is helping collapse hard-won soft power gains Beijing had made here and internationally in the last 20 years.

3. Mustafa Erdik:

   The thing that strikes mostly are the type of collapses – what we call the pancake collapse – which is the type of collapse that we engineers don’t like to see, in such collapses, it’s difficult – as you can see – and a very tragic to save lives. It makes the operation of the search and rescue teams very difficult.

4. Roger Noriega:

   One caveat is we should not equate the collapse of the [Venezuelan] economy with the collapse of the regime.

5. New York:

   The hospital workers are the people who, if they get sick, the hospital capacity will collapse.