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collapses
verb(col-lapse)
to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure
collapses
verb(col-lapse)
to break down completely : disintegrate
collapses
verb(col-lapse)
to cave or fall in or give way
collapses
noun(col-lapse)
a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina
collapses
noun(col-lapse)
a state of extreme prostration and physical depression (as from circulatory failure or great loss of body fluids)
collapses
noun(col-lapse)
an airless state of all or part of a lung originating spontaneously or induced surgically
collapses
idiom(col-lapse)
to fall very suddenly to the ground and lie there

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