collapse
Example Sentences
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Liverpool, whose Premier League title defence collapsed after a shocking run of results, have climbed to fifth in the table after extending their unbeaten league run to five games.
From Barron's
West Indies collapsed after tea Monday to lose by 323 runs to New Zealand on the fifth day of the third Test at Mount Maunganui, sealing a 2-0 series win for the hosts.
From Barron's
The economy didn’t collapse, but neither did a manufacturing renaissance appear on demand.
"If a rapid collapse were to occur, the material would fall directly into the fjord, and that could generate a tsunami with potentially high wave heights," she added.
From Science Daily
Ben Duckett – 2 – Arrived with a reputation as one of the best openers in the world, only to suffer a collapse in form and presence.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
