collapse
/kəˈlæps/ noun B1- The act of collapsing. · She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.· in a state of nervous collapse
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Plural collapses
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If a home is happy it cannot fit too close—let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
Physiologists seriously suggested that a runner attempting to break this threshold might collapse from extreme physical exertion.
He crossed the finish line in a state of near collapse, having expended every ounce of his available energy.
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