collapse
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
Verb 4 meanings
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
“The wall collapsed when it was hit by the wrecking ball.”
To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
“Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.”
To fold compactly.
To conflate, to ignore the distinctions between.
Noun 2 meanings
The act of collapsing.
“She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.”
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Etymology
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
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COLLAPSE at a glance
COLLAPSE has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + L 1 + L 1 + A 1 + P 3 + S 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,217 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with collapse
All rhymes- ECLIPSE11
- GLIMPSE12
- CORPSE10
- APOCALYPSE19
- LAPSE7
- RELAPSE9
- SYNAPSE12
- ELLIPSE9
- PROLAPSE12
- APSE6
- COPSE9
- ELAPSE8
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