2. Verb. (third-person singular of collapse) ¹
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Definition of Collapses
1. collapse [v] - See also: collapse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collapses
Literary usage of Collapses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"If the thesis collapses, the poem will cease to interest, except, of course, in
its parentheses. Pattison argues that the change in our conceptions has ..."
2. The Making of the Nation, 1783-1817 by Francis Amasa Walker (1895)
"... on Land—Our Naval Victories Accounted for—Comparative Strength of the
Belligerents—The Invasion of Canada collapses—Perry's Victory on Lake Brie—Further ..."
3. Death by Default: a policy of fatal neglict in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro, Jeff Rigsby, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"The Investigation collapses, March-August 1992 There were indications at the
April 8, 1992 meeting that a similar fate was already in store for the third ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The heart collapses when empty. In some instances, the distension has been so
great as to produce a rupture of the walls, and effusion of blood into the ..."
5. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror by Charles Eugene Banks, Opie Percival Read (1906)
"... Lava— Bosco Trecase Overwhelmed and Destroyed—People Flee From the Destroyer
in Terror—Pathetic Scenes Witnessed—Cone of Vesuvius collapses— King Victor ..."
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