Tom was inside the mine when the cave-in occurred.
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Cave-in
Synonyms for "cave-in" (25 found)
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Translations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 落磐 noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
Danish
1 entries- sammenstyrtning noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
Finnish
4 entries- myöntyminen noun (the act of relenting)
- sortuma noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
- sortuma noun (the location where something has caved in)
- taipuminen noun (the act of relenting)
French
2 entries- éboulement noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
- éboulement noun (the location where something has caved in)
Galician
1 entries- afundimento noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
Polish
4 entries- ugięcie się noun (the act of relenting)
- zapadlisko noun (the location where something has caved in)
- zapadnięcie się noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
- zawalenie się noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
Portuguese
1 entries- desmoronar noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
Russian
4 entries- зава́л noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
- зава́л noun (the location where something has caved in)
- обва́л noun (the act of something collapsing or caving in)
- обва́л noun (the location where something has caved in)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.
Source: wiktionary
We couldn't get past the cave-in blocking the tunnel.
Source: wiktionary
It was a cave-in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.
Source: wiktionary
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