collapse
- noun (n)
Meaning: downfall, breakdown
Synonyms:
bankruptcy
basket case
cataclysm
catastrophe
cave-in
conk out
crackup
crash
debacle
destruction
disintegration
disorganization
disruption
exhaustion
failure
faint
flop
prostration
ruination
ruining
smash
smashup
subsidence
undoing
wreck
- verb (v)
Meaning: fall apart, break down
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