Collapses

Synonyms for "collapses" (372 found)

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damage deathblow debacle decay deceleration declension declination decline decline and fall decrescendo defeat deflate deflation defluxion delicacy descend descending descension descent destructibility

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Verb(4 words)

fall in founder give give way

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go go bankrupt go broke go down go downhill go into receivership go into shock go soft go to pieces go to pot go to ruin go to smash go to the dogs go under go up go up in smoke gravitate gravitation grow weary harm

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hiding hit the skids hobbling human frailty hurt hurting impairment implode implosion incapacitation inclination indecisiveness infirmity of will infringement inherent vice injury inroad insolvency insufficient funds irresolution jade keel over kited check lack lag lambasting languish lapse lathering licking lightness lose altitude lose ground loss maiming mastery mayhem miscarriage mischief moral weakness mutilation naught nervous breakdown nervous exhaustion nervous prostration neurasthenia nose dive not answer not hack it not make it not make out not measure up not stretch not suffice od overcoming overdose overdraft overdrawn account overthrow overturn pant parachute pass pass out peg out perish peter out pine pitch play out plummet plummeting plump plunge poop out pounce pour down pratfall precipitate prostration puff puff and blow puncture quietus rain rapids receivership remission retreat rout ruin ruination ruining ruinousness run a temperature run down run out run short sabotage scathe shatter shipwreck shock shut down sicken sickening sink sleaziness slightness slowdown slump smash smashup spoiling stoop stop short stumble subdual subduing subjugation subsidence succumb sway swoon swoop tailspin take take ill thrashing tire topple topple down topple over total loss totter trauma trend downward trimming trouncing tumble undoing unsubstantiality vanquishment velleity wane want washout waterfall waterloo weaken weakening wear away wear thin weary wheeze whipping wilt wispiness wither womanishness wrack wreck yield

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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.

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Pyramid scams depend on the recruitment of new investors to participate, but the numbers of people who must join to support the expanding pyramid grow so quickly that the pyramid inevitably collapses.

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Whoever walks backward collapses.

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If the euro collapses, this could have huge diplomatic consequences.

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