Definition of Collapses

1. Noun. (plural of collapse) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of collapse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collapses

1. collapse [v] - See also: collapse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collapses

collages
collagey
collagic
collaging
collagist
collagists
collagraphy
collapsable
collapsar
collapsars
collapse
collapse delirium
collapse of dental arch
collapse therapy
collapsed
collapses (current term)
collapsibility
collapsible
collapsible shelter
collapsin
collapsing
collapsing pulse
collapsion
collapsions
collapsogram
collar
collar-bone
collar-stud chalazion
collar blight

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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