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


  collapsing
     vb.
     (present participle of en collapse nocat=1)

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


  collapsing
     vb.
     (present participle of en collapse nocat=1)

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


  collapsing
     vb.
     (present participle of en collapse nocat=1)

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


  collapsing
     vb.
     (present participle of en collapse nocat=1)

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


  collapsing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ollaps ing e)

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


  collapsing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en collapse ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb collapse)

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


  Collapsing /kəlˈapsɪŋ/
  الإنهيار

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


  collapsing /kəlˈapsɪŋ/ 
  zřícení

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


  collapsing /kəlˈapsɪŋ/ 
  bortící