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Collapse meaning
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. | To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely. | To fold compactly.
Synonyms of Collapse
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According to macroeconomist Edin Mojacic, the collapse of the bicycle manufacturer VanMoof is nothing more than the collapse of a zombie company.
Behind row three is just 12.6 cubic feet of cargo room, but it’s easy to collapse the 50:50-split rear seats with pull straps that collapse the headrests.
Neither that 17-year pause, nor any other shorter pause, followed partial collapse of the caldera such as the collapse that occurred in the summer of 2018.
She said: 'You've got a collapse of the supply industry as well as collapse of demand and really to get British tourism up and running this summer, and the summer is hugely important, you're going to need that domestic audience.
During the eruption, there was a tango between the crater collapse and the magma drainage through Kīlauea’s eastern flanks, with each collapse coinciding with an uptick in lava production.
It’s hard to equate this Cubs collapse in recent days to the Beer and Chicken Collapse of Epstein’s 2011 Red Sox – who had the best record in the American League through August and a nine-game lead on the last playoff position before blowing it all.
Partial Building Collapse In BrooklynDan Rice in Chopper 2 is over the scene of a partial building collapse in Brooklyn.
Prof Mahao said due to the three litigants’ intransigence which led to the collapse of the talks, his faction was now pinning their hopes on Dr Thabane to intervene and save the party from possible collapse.
The new study shows that a collapse of Larsen C would result in inland ice discharging about 4 mm to sea level, while the response of glaciers to George VI collapse could contribute over five times more to global sea levels, around 22 mm.
The obvious temptation is to identify one common theme, which is the structural weakness and collapse of the mainstream right (as part of a wider collapse of mainstream politics).
When the news of the collapse of Capital Bank broke in August 2017, sighted and published by the Insight Newspaper in January 2015, which went under the radar at the time, noted that the bank was on the verge of collapse.
Although commons have been known to collapse due to overuse (such as in over-fishing), many examples exist where communities use common resources prudently without collapse.
Ammann wrote two reports about bridge collapses, the collapse of the Quebec Bridge and the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie).
A similar situation in Japan, beginning with the stock and real estate market collapse in the early 1990s, was arrested by the Japanese government preventing the collapse of most banks and taking over direct control of several in the worst condition.
Depending upon the chemical composition and pre-collapse temperature in the center, this will lead either to collapse into a neutron star or runaway ignition of carbon and oxygen.
Gravitational collapse main Gravitational collapse occurs when an object's internal pressure is insufficient to resist the object's own gravity.
HVDC powerflow between separate AC systems can be automatically controlled to support either network during transient conditions, but without the risk that a major power system collapse in one network will lead to a collapse in the second.
If wave function collapse is regarded as ontologically real as well, an objective collapse theory is obtained.
In all massive stars, electron degeneracy pressure is insufficient to halt collapse by itself, so as each major element is consumed in the center, progressively heavier elements ignite, temporarily halting collapse.
In both the case of the collapse of Nyaga Stock Brokers and the collapse of Discount Securities Limited all genuine claims within the statutory maximum of Sh.50,000 per every investor were compensated.