collapse

Example Sentences

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"The risk is a disintegration, even a collapse, of the reputation and historical role of the American Church," he said.

From Barron's

Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC

Third, the military collapse of the caliphate 10 years ago didn’t result only in its territorial disappearance; it also led to the internment of several thousand jihadists fanatical to the point of madness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most of the water collapsed back, but a new bottom, formed from the dirt and rock of the landslide, had already been laid down by the time the water refilled the lake.

From Literature

The case against them collapsed the following year.

From BBC