collapse completely
Frequency: 7.510.8 per million words
To fall down or fail in a total manner.
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Examples (10)
- The old barn collapsed completely during the earthquake.
- Without the central support beam, the roof would collapse completely.
- After days of heavy rain, the riverbank finally collapsed completely into the water.
- His carefully constructed alibi is about to collapse completely under questioning.
- The fragile coalition government collapsed completely after the vote of no confidence.
- If we remove that one piece, the whole tower of blocks will collapse completely.
- The financial market had collapsed completely by the end of the day.
- Her argument collapses completely when you examine the new evidence.
- Engineers feared the entire tunnel structure could collapse completely.
- The ancient empire eventually collapsed completely due to internal conflicts.