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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[Extreme]] depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:58, 13 October 2021
Collapse [1]
(1): (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
(2): (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.
(3): (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.
(4): (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
(5): (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.
