collapse:1
verb1620{ds|t|1||}
- to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure
- to break down completely : disintegrate
- to cave or fall in or give way
collapse:2
noun
collapse
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1801{ds||1|a|}
- a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina
- a state of extreme prostration and physical depression (as from circulatory failure or great loss of body fluids)
- an airless state of all or part of a lung originating spontaneously or induced surgically
colony collapse disorder
noun
colony collapse disorder
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2007
- a disorder of honeybees (Apis mellifera) that is of unknown cause and that is characterized by sudden colony death due to the disappearance of all adult worker bees in a hive while immature bees, the queen bee, and the honey remain —abbreviation CCD
collapse/fall in a heap
idiom
collapse/fall in a heap
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- to fall very suddenly to the ground and lie there
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