collapse
Example Sentences
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The rise and collapse of the eruption column presaged a series of pyroclastic surges, the fourth of which killed everyone in its path in Pompeii.
Photographs published by Russian state media showed a badly damaged room with a collapsed roof.
From BBC
Without new funding, the state is facing “a collapse of our healthcare system here in California,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
According to the study, this growing body of evidence "supports a cosmic impact as a major contributing factor in the megafaunal extinctions and the collapse of the Clovis technocomplex at the Younger Dryas onset."
From Science Daily
The Florida condo market has taken a major hit since the Surfside collapse, partly due to new state requirements to make sure older buildings are structurally sound.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
