collapse

collapse is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. noun. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
4. noun. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
5. noun. Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.
6. noun. the act of throwing yourself down

   "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

   Synonyms: flop

7. noun. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

   "the roof is in danger of collapse"

   "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

8. noun. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

   Synonyms: crash

9. noun. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

   "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

   Synonyms: prostration

10. verb. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
11. verb. lose significance, effectiveness, or value

    "The school system is collapsing"

    "The stock market collapsed"

12. verb. suffer a nervous breakdown

    Synonyms: crack

13. verb. break down, literally or metaphorically

    "The wall collapsed"

    "The business collapsed"

    Synonyms: break, founder, give

14. verb. cause to burst

    "The ice broke the pipe"

    Synonyms: burst

15. verb. fall apart

    "the building crumbled after the explosion"

    "Negotiations broke down"

    Synonyms: crumble, crumple, tumble

16. verb. fold or close up

    "fold up your umbrella"

    "collapse the music stand"

Synonyms

flop, crash, prostration, crack, break, founder, give, burst, crumble, crumple, tumble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in collapse:

escallop

Common word forms

collapsed, collapses, collapsing

Words from these letters

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