collapse

Definition

Examples

Several small banks collapsed during the financial crisis.

Word Family

Synonyms

• cave inhaving a meaning similar to collapse
• crumblefall apart
• fall downhaving a meaning similar to collapse

Collocations

• Easy old wooden garden bridge collapsed
  describing old wooden garden bridge collapsed (past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'))
• Medium sudden stock market price collapse
  describing sudden stock market price collapse (happening without warning or in a short space of time)
• Hard avert systemic banking sector collapse
  to avert systemic banking sector collapse, meaning to prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
• Very Hard collapse dramatically like a fragile house of cards
  to collapse dramatically like a fragile house of cards, meaning to break down, literally or metaphorically