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collapsesnounpl. of collapse a falling short of one's goalsthe complete collapse of the invasion set off a round of finger-pointing and recrimination crashes, croppers, defeats, failures, fizzles, nonachievements, nonsuccesses futilitiesineffectualities, inefficaciesdeficiencies, inadequacies, insufficienciesdisappointments, letdowns, setbacks accomplishments, achievements, successes victories, wins to fall down or in as a result of physical pressurethe motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people buckles, caves (in), crumples, founders, gives, goes, goes out, implodes, tumbles, yields deflates, flattens, melts, melts downbreaks, breaks down, conks (out), crashes, dies, fails, gives out, stallsbursts, shatters, smashes, splinters, splitscracks, crumbles, pops, snaps gives way inflates, rises, swells to be unsuccessfulthe legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence bombs, craters, fails, flames out, flops, flunks, folds, founders, misses, strikes out, tanks, washes out flounders, strugglesdeclines, sinks, skids, slips, slumps, wanescrashes, crumbles, miscarries, misfiresgoes underimplodes, self-destructs comes a cropper, comes to grief, comes up empty, dies on the vine, falls flat, falls on one's face, falls short, lays an egg clicks, comes off, delivers, goes, goes over, pans out, succeeds, works out cooks, flourishes, prospers, thrivesprevails, triumphs, wins to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members togetherthe novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey capsules, capsulizes, compacts, compresses, condenses, constricts, constringes, contracts, narrows (down), squeezes, telescopes crams, crowds, jam-packs, jams, packsabbreviates, abridges, curtails, shortensboils down, downsizes, shrinksconcentrates, consolidatessimplifies, streamlinesdecreases, diminishes, lessens decompresses, expands, opens, outspreads, outstretches dilates, disperses, dissipates, scattersdistends, inflates, swells |