collapse
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- Something collapses when all its parts fall down loosely. A building or a bridge collapses when it breaks and all its parts fall down. A person collapses when they are tired and they fall into a chair or onto a bed and are too tired to get up.
- He was so tired, he just collapsed onto that chair.
- The bridge collapsed, but no one was hurt.
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- The act of collapsing.
- The collapse of the bridge means we can't go over the river any longer.