If you don't take a vacation, you'll collapse.
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Collapse
//kəˈlæps//
Synonyms for "collapse" (372 found)
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Closest matches (75)
break downcontractcrack upcrashcrumblefailamiable weaknessbankruptcybe brought downbe felledbe found wantingbe ruinedbe struck downbe traumatizedbeatingbecome insolventbendblowbouncing checkbreak
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break outbreak upbreakabilitybreakagebreakdownbreaking upbreakupbrittlenessbuckleburn outbustcalamitycascadecatabasiscataclysmcataractcatastrophecatchcatch coldcavecave incave-inchangeablenesschutecirculatory collapsecome apartcome downcome down withcome shortcome to naughtcome to nothingcome unstuckcomedownconk outconqueringconquestcrackcrack-upcrackupcripplingcroppercrumpledaintiness
Noun(1 words)
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damagedeathblowdebacledecaydecelerationdeclensiondeclinationdeclinedecline and falldecrescendodefeatdeflatedeflationdefluxiondelicacydescenddescendingdescensiondescentdestructibility
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destructiondetrimentdilapidationdiminishdiminuendodip downdisablementdisappeardisappearancedisasterdisintegratedisintegrationdisorganizationdisrepairdisruptiondissolutiondissolvedivedowndownbenddowncomedowncurvedownfalldownflowdowngradedownpourdownrushdowntrenddownturndownward trenddrainingdroopdropdrop downdrop offdroppingdrubbingdwindlingebbeffeminacyencroachmenteruptevaporateexhaustexhaustednessexhaustionfadefagfailurefaintfallfall awayfall deadfall downfall flatfall infall offfall shortfall stillbornfall throughfall to piecesfallingfatefatiguefeverfizzlefizzle outflagflakeflimsinessflopflunkfoldfold upfounderfragilityfrailtyfrangibilitygaspgetget bogged downget hung upget miredget tiredgive outgive way
Noun(1 words)
Related words (186)
gogo bankruptgo brokego downgo downhillgo into receivershipgo into shockgo softgo to piecesgo to potgo to ruingo to smashgo to the dogsgo undergo upgo up in smokegravitategravitationgrow wearyharm
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hidinghit the skidshobblinghuman frailtyhurthurtingimpairmentimplodeimplosionincapacitationinclinationindecisivenessinfirmity of willinfringementinherent viceinjuryinroadinsolvencyinsufficient fundsirresolutionjadekeel overkited checklacklaglambastinglanguishlapselatheringlickinglightnesslose altitudelose groundlossmaimingmasterymayhemmiscarriagemischiefmoral weaknessmutilationnaughtnervous breakdownnervous exhaustionnervous prostrationneurasthenianose divenot answernot hack itnot make itnot make outnot measure upnot stretchnot sufficeodovercomingoverdoseoverdraftoverdrawn accountoverthrowoverturnpantparachutepasspass outpeg outperishpeter outpinepitchplay outplummetplummetingplumpplungepoop outpouncepour downpratfallprecipitateprostrationpuffpuff and blowpuncturequietusrainrapidsreceivershipremissionretreatroutruinruinationruiningruinousnessrun a temperaturerun downrun outrun shortsabotagescatheshattershipwreckshockshut downsickensickeningsinksleazinessslightnessslowdownslumpsmashsmashupspoilingstoopstop shortstumblesubdualsubduingsubjugationsubsidencesuccumbswayswoonswooptailspintaketake illthrashingtiretoppletopple downtopple overtotal losstottertraumatrend downwardtrimmingtrouncingtumbleundoingunsubstantialityvanquishmentvelleitywanewantwashoutwaterfallwaterlooweakenweakeningwear awaywear thinwearywheezewhippingwiltwispinesswitherwomanishnesswrackwreckyield
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Verb(1 words)
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247 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- vithis verb (to cause to collapse)
- vithisje verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْهَار verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Armenian
3 entries- անկում noun (act of collapsing)
- խորտակվել verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- փուլ գալ verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dağılmaq verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- çökmək verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- çökmək verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Bulgarian
4 entries- срутване noun (act of collapsing)
- припадам verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- припадам verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- сгъвам verb (to fold compactly)
Catalan
4 entries- col·lapse noun (act of collapsing)
- col·lapsar verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
- col·lapsar-se verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- derruir-se verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕوخان verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 倒坍 verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- 崩潰 /崩溃 verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- 崩落 verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- 虛脫 /虚脱 verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Czech
2 entries- spadnout verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- zhroutit se verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Dutch
4 entries- ineenstorting noun (act of collapsing)
- instorten noun (act of collapsing)
- instorten verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- instorten verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Esperanto
2 entries- kolapsi verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- kolapsi verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Finnish
4 entries- kollapsi noun (act of collapsing)
- luhistuminen noun (act of collapsing)
- romahdus noun (act of collapsing)
- sortuminen noun (act of collapsing)
French
3 entries- effondrement noun (act of collapsing)
- s'effondrer verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- s'effondrer verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩამონგრევა verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
German
4 entries- Kollaps noun (act of collapsing)
- einfallen verb (to fold compactly)
- einsacken lassen verb (to cause to collapse)
- einstürzen verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Greek
4 entries- κατάρρευση noun (act of collapsing)
- λιποθυμία noun (act of collapsing)
- αποσυνθέτω verb (to cause to collapse)
- διπλώνω verb (to fold compactly)
Hebrew
4 entries- התמוטטות noun (act of collapsing)
- קריסה noun (act of collapsing)
- התמוטט verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- התמוטט verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Hindi
1 entries- गिरना verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Hungarian
4 entries- becsuk verb (computing: to hide additional directory (folder) levels)
- bedől verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
- beomlik verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- bezár verb (computing: to hide additional directory (folder) levels)
Irish
1 entries- cliseadh noun (act of collapsing)
Italian
4 entries- collasso noun (act of collapsing)
- collasso noun (one-valued function)
- crollo noun (act of collapsing)
- funzione costante noun (one-valued function)
Japanese
3 entries- 崩壊 noun (act of collapsing)
- 崩壊する verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- 潰える verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Javanese
2 entries- ambruk verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- rubuh verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕುಸಿ verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Khmer
4 entries- ដួល verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
- ទ្រោមចៃដន្យ verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- បាក់គ្រឹប verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- បំភ្លូក verb (to cause to collapse)
Korean
1 entries- 붕괴 noun (act of collapsing)
Latin
4 entries- lābēs noun (act of collapsing)
- ruīna noun (act of collapsing)
- decido verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- prōlābor verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Lithuanian
1 entries- grūtis noun (act of collapsing)
Malay
2 entries- rebah verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- runtuh verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Manx
3 entries- cohuittym noun (act of collapsing)
- cohuitt verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- tuitt verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Marathi
2 entries- कोसळणे verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- कोसळवणे verb (to cause to collapse)
Māori
4 entries- tūrakitanga noun (act of collapsing)
- hinga verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- ngaeki verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- porowhā verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Nepali
4 entries- खस्नु verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- भत्कनु verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- भासिनु verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- लड्नु verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- upuha verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kollaps noun (act of collapsing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kollaps noun (act of collapsing)
Old English
2 entries- hrēosan verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- hrēosan verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Persian
2 entries- رمبیدن verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- فرو ربختن verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Polish
3 entries- zapaść noun (act of collapsing)
- bachnąć verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- runąć verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Portuguese
4 entries- colapso noun (act of collapsing)
- desabamento noun (act of collapsing)
- desmoronamento noun (act of collapsing)
- colapsar verb (to cause to collapse)
Quechua
2 entries- thuñi noun (act of collapsing)
- thuñiy verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Romanian
4 entries- colaps noun (act of collapsing)
- cădere noun (act of collapsing)
- prăbuși verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- prăbuși verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Russian
4 entries- колла́пс noun (act of collapsing)
- крах noun (act of collapsing)
- круше́ние noun (act of collapsing)
- обва́л noun (act of collapsing)
Spanish
4 entries- colapso noun (act of collapsing)
- desplome noun (act of collapsing)
- colapsar verb (to fold compactly)
- colapsar verb (to cause to collapse)
Swedish
4 entries- kollaps noun (act of collapsing)
- kollapsa verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- kollapsa verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
- krascha verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
Thai
4 entries- ถล่ม verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- พัง verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- พัง verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
- ล้ม verb (to pass out and fall to the floor or ground)
Turkish
1 entries- çökmek verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кола́пс noun (act of collapsing)
- вали́тися verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- зруйнува́тися verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- обва́люватися verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sập verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- sụp đổ verb (to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown)
- đổ verb (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Sample sentences
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The engineers blew up the bridge because it was about to collapse.
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The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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The tower is going to collapse.
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