wall collapses

Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words

When a wall breaks and falls down suddenly.

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Examples (10)

  • The old wall collapsed after years of neglect.
  • During the earthquake, several building walls collapsed.
  • Experts feared the retaining wall might collapse under the pressure.
  • If the foundation weakens, the exterior wall could collapse.
  • We watched in horror as the ancient castle wall slowly collapsed.
  • The construction crew worked quickly to prevent the temporary wall from collapsing.
  • A section of the garden wall collapses every winter due to heavy rain.
  • Thankfully, no one was injured when the brick wall collapsed unexpectedly.
  • The engineer warned that the structural wall was about to collapse.
  • Strong winds caused the fence wall to collapse overnight.