Semicollapsed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Partially collapsed. not-comparable

    "The next town east, Colgan, is littered with semicollapsed houses and rusting automobiles; an older man I spotted working on some kind of machine in his yard told me there were six residents left."

Example

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"The next town east, Colgan, is littered with semicollapsed houses and rusting automobiles; an older man I spotted working on some kind of machine in his yard told me there were six residents left."

Etymology

From semi- + collapsed.

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