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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to
     collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
     1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow
        vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have
        the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be
        crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam
        engine sometimes collapses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
                                                    --Maunder.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow
        when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse;
        as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the
        French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse
        after attaining some success and importance.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to
     collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
     1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow
        vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have
        the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be
        crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam
        engine sometimes collapses.
  
              A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
                                                    --Maunder.
  
     2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow
        when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse;
        as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the
        French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse
        after attaining some success and importance.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  collapsed
       adj : folded compactly; "put the collapsed top hat into its box"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     vb.
     (infl of en collapse  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     vb.
     (infl of en collapse  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     vb.
     (infl of en collapse  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     vb.
     (infl of en collapse  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ollapse d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  collapsed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en collapse ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb collapse)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  منهار

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/ 
  zřícený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/ 
  zhroucený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/ 
  zbořený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  eingebrochen, weggebrochen
   see: collapse, collapsing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  eingestürzt, eingebrochen, eingefallen
     Synonyms: caved in, fallen in
  
   see: cave in, collapse, fall in, caving in, collapsing, falling in
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  eingestürzt, zusammengestürzt, zusammengefallen, eingebrochen, verbrochen, zusammengebrochen
        "The mobile/cell phone system had collapsed."  - Das Mobilfunknetz war zusammengebrochen.
   see: collapse, collapsing, collapses, collapsed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  stürzte ein, stürzte zusammen, fiel zusammen, brach ein, verbrach, brach zusammen
        "The mobile/cell phone system had collapsed."  - Das Mobilfunknetz war zusammengebrochen.
   see: collapse, collapsing, collapsed, collapses
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  collapsed /kəlˈapst/
  priljubljen, priljubljena, urušen

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kəˈɫæpst/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     暴跌

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